MotoGP, Marc Marquez makes Portimao

Honda has issued an official statement announcing the positive outcome of Marc Marquez’s visit to Madrid on April 9th. The eight-time world champion on social media: “These have been difficult months. I’ll see you next week!”

At this point all we need to see is physically on the track at the Portuguese GP. But Marc Marquez is really one step away from returning to the MotoGP World Championship in Portimao, the third race of the 2021 championship. He thus announced the news on social media: “See you next week in Portimao!”. Honda has announced that the eight-time world champion has passed the last “private” medical examination carried out in Madrid, initially scheduled for April 12th and instead brought forward to the 9th. of the medical commission of Dorna chaired by Dr. Angel Charte. Marquez has been missing from the races since 19 July 2020, the opening day of the last World Championship, when on the Jerez track he broke his arm following a fall.

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marc “can take risks”

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Honda issued an official statement at 9 am on Saturday 10 April in which it announces that Marc Marquez has passed a medical examination at the Ruber Internacional hospital in Madrid, four months after the third and last surgery performed for a pseudarthrosis of the right humerus by doctors Samuel Antuña and Ignacio Roger de Oña: “the visit”, we read, “conducted by doctors De Miguel, Ibarzabal and Garcia Villanueva, showed a very satisfactory clinical situation, with evident progress in the bone consolidation process. Given the current situation ”, explains Honda without expressly mentioning Portimao,“ Marquez can return to racing, assuming the reasonable risks implicit in his sporting activity ”.

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the joy of marquez

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Marc Marquez, for his part, waited for the release of the official HRC press release and then vented all his joy on social media: “I am very happy”, wrote the Spaniard, “yesterday I saw the doctors and they gave me the green light to return to competitions “. So the emotional balance of this experience: “It has been 9 difficult months, with moments of great uncertainty and ups and downs, but now I will finally be able to return to my passion! See you next week in Portimao! ”, Declared the eight-time world champion.

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