Marc Marquez out of Indonesian MotoGP after colossal accident
Hospital checks subsequently revealed th🍌e Spaniard suffered a 'head concussion'.
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Marquez𒁏 was in hospital when the race finally got underway.
"It's been strange because Marc had three big crashes and we have to understa💦nd why," Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig told Dorna's Simon Crafar.
"The crash today was brutal. We need to anaylse. They [Michelin] brought a different tyre ཧhere and we need to understand everything. Our rider crashed and we wa🎐nt to understand [w🐎hy]."
!Incredibly Marc was able to walk away and hopefully h💫e's al𓂃l OK — MotoGP (@MotoGP)
Like all the Honda riders, Marquez has been battling a lꦬack of grip from the modified Michelin rear tyre casing all weekend, falling three times and saving many other sideways moments.
That included an earlier scare, on 🧔the soft rear, in warm-up.
But there was no stopping the horror Turn 7 🦩highside, when the rear tyre (almost new) lost traction off-throttle before biting😼 and launching Marquez into the sky.
The Spaniard's Buriram highside was similar, but that occurred on an out-lap, whereas this was at fuꦦll-speed through one of the fastest sections of the track.
Marquez's previous injuries meant there was ඣheightened concern for his welfare and considerable relief when he eventually got to his feet. But the 29-year-old was clearly struggling in the aftermath, staggering and pausing as he walked slowly out of the gravel.
Fortunately, Marquez returned to the paddock on the back of a scoo🍬ter, rather than an ambulance, before heading for the Medical Centre. Unsurprisingly given the violence of the incident, Marquez was then sent t💃o a local hospital for further checks, which diagnosed the concussion.
Fifth in the Qatar 🌊season-opener, Marquez had been due to start the shortened race (due to problems with the track s🌊urface) from 14th place, as top Honda.
But will there even be a race?
Torrential rain is pouring down at Mandalika, the kind of condi🍌tions that saw a WorldSBK race cancelled last November. The MotoGP start has been delayed.
Marquez admitted on Sat💯urday that he would have prefer a wet race in perforಞmance terms, due to Honda's tyre problems in the dry.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go♉. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit stor♓y and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
