Spanish motorcyclist Marc Márquez
Marcelo del well, Reuters
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While the Márquez doctors have not yet recommended a start at the Losail circuit, the 28-year-old Spaniard has already received permission for the race in Portimao. “Yesterday I was at the doctors and they gave me the green light to return to the race,” Márquez announced on Twitter today. “It has been a difficult nine months, with moments of uncertainty, ups and downs. Now I will be able to enjoy my passion again. See you in Portimao in a week,” Márquez said.
He announced his return four months after the third operation of the injured arm. He broke it in July during the fall in the Spanish Grand Prix and ended up on the operating table for the first time. A month later, he underwent another procedure because he damaged an implanted plate. In December, the winner of 56 races in the royal cubature and a total of eight-time world champions ended up in the care of surgeons to the third, because the infection did not proceed as planned due to the infection. After a six-week convalescence, he began training in January.
???? @Mr_MeFly hasn’t finished a #MotoGP race since 2019
After such a long time off, where will his comeback stand in sporting history? ????#MarcReturns | ????https://t.co/bwJvhfcdny
– MotoGP ™ ???? (@MotoGP) April 10, 2021
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Before the races in Qatar, he did not appear in the first half of March even for official testing before the start of the new season. Shortly afterwards, however, he tried driving on the circuit in Barcelona. Only now, however, has the condition of his right arm improved so much that nothing prevents him from starting. “During the examination, the doctors found a very satisfactory clinical condition and obvious progress in the process of strengthening the bone. In the current situation, he may return to the races, taking into account the reasonable risk of his sport,” Márquez’s team said in an official statement.
Last turn✊????
Last corner????#Portimao #yesterday pic.twitter.com/O2aqctR4J0– Marc Márquez (@ marcmarquez93) March 20, 2021
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Márquez last finished the World Championship race in November 2019 in Valencia, where he closed the fourth championship season in a row with a victory. In his absence, he was represented in 14 races by the German driver Stefan Bradl, whose maximum was seventh place in November in Portugal and only one other place in the top ten.
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