Marc Marquez has undergone a “successful double surgery” today (10 May) after he withdrew from the French MotoGP.
Marquez pulled out of the Le Mans race after he crashed in the Sprint and broke the fifth metatarsal in his left foot.
The Spaniard also revealed afterwards that he was due to undergo surgery on his right shoulder after the Barcelona race next week, but since he will miss that for his foot injury he has moved that shoulder surgery – to remove a loose screw that was knocked in his crash at the Indonesian MotoGP last October – forwards.
That surgery was completed today, when Ducati was absent from the podium after a crash for Francesco Bagnaia, with Marquez hoping to be back for the Italian Grand Prix on 29–31 May.
“Marc Marquez is currently recovering at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid, where he underwent successful double surgery this morning,” reads a statement from Ducati published this morning.
“The medical team, led by Dr. Samuel Antuña alongside colleagues Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña, Dr. Andrés Maldonado, Dr. Jorge de las Heras, Dr. Raúl Barco and Dr. Juan de Miguel, successfully stabilized the fracture in the fifth metatarsal of the rider's right foot.
“This injury was sustained yesterday as a consequences of the highside crash in the final stages of Sprint race at the French Grand Prix.
“Simultaneously, Marquez underwent a second, pre-planned surgical procedure to fix a past injury in his right shoulder. This previous trauma had become painful again following the violent crash at last [year’s] Indonesian Grand Prix.
“The doctors removed two screws and a bone fragment from a previous Latarjet (December 2019) surgery that has shifted compressing the radial nerve.
“As previously announced, the Ducati Lenovo Team rider will not participate in next week's Catalan GP. He will remain in the hospital overnight and he will back home tomorrow for beginning the rehabilitation.
“The progress over the upcoming weeks will determine the time for his return to competitions.”
Defending champion Marquez is now 71 points behind championship leader Marco Bezzecchi, who finished third in the Sprint and second in the grand prix at Le Mans.
