Marquez responded by promising that the latest operation to improve mobility in his right a🐬rm, the fourth surgery on the beleaguered bone since July 2020, will be the last.

Speaking to DAZN, Marquez ♌said: "My grandfather told me: 'leave it now, you have enough to live on, what you've done is done, leave it'.

“⛦I pr💫omised my grandfather: 'It's the last chance for the arm'. I told him that if this one doesn't... there are no more places [on the arm] left to open.”

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Fortunately, Marquez is alrဣeady noticing an improvement following J🌼une’s bone alignment operation in the USA.

“[When] they took the sling off, I started to move my arm, I could pick up a glass normally and I could eat a piece of meat withou༺t lifting my elbow,” said the 29-year-old.

“Now I eat like a normal person, it's just little things. I haven't lifted my arm 90-degrees for a year. I've been on a high for two weeks now, but there will be lows, it🐼 happens.”

Earlier this week, Marquez was giv🐭en the green light to intensify training and assess the condition of his arm on a motorcycle.

Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig is hoping Marquez will be fit to complete at l𒊎east some MotoGP laps at the Misano test on September 6-7, to help advise on bike development f💦or 2023.

Marquez is 15th in the world championsಞhip but still ♕the top Honda rider, despite missing seven of this year's 13 rounds.