Jerez MotoGP: Massive accident for Marc Marquez at the end of FP3
UPDATE: After being examined at the medical centre, Repsol Honda reported that Marc Marquez 'has no major injuries, suffering only a contusion', a verdict also confirmed by further checks at a local hospital.
After his check, has been declared FIT for the remainder of the
— Repsol Honda Team (@HRC_MotoGP)
Marc Marquez, returning to the scene of his broken right-arm🧸 last July, has suffered a massive accident at the end of FP3 f🐽or the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez.
After accelerating out ꦑof the Turn 6 (Pedrosa) hairpin, Marquez lost the front of his Repsol Honda at 180km/h as he tipped into the Turn 7 left-hande🥃r, sending him skimming across the gravel and into the airfence.
BIG crash for !
— MotoGP (@MotoGP)
Thankfully the eight-times ch♎ampion is back on his fe🌟et!
The eight-time wo🦹rld champion was clearly shaken but eventually able to walk away and returned to the pits on the back of a scooter, fortunately without any apparent damage to the right arm, which has already req꧅uired three rounds of surgery.
Marquez, who only returned to MotoGP action last time in Portimao, was twelfth at the time of this fall and𝓡 will now be among thosꦆe heading to Qualifying 1 this afternoon.
!Fortunately, is ok and back in the pit box! — MotoGP™ (@MotoGP)
Peter has been in the paddo🍨ck for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is🌠 at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
