Marc Marquez injury update: 'Favourable clinical situation'
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Get MotoGP news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Repsol Honda has released the following statement regarding the medical progress of injured six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez.Marquez required a third operation on his broken right arm in December, when tests also revealed an infection that had prevented the bone from healing (pseudoarthrosis).As a result, the Spaniard has been receiving antibiotic treatment for the past ten weeks and the latest update speaks of a ‘favourable clinical situation’ and that doctors were ‘satisfied’ with the progress of bone consolidation.’A further review of Marc Marquez at the Hospital Ruber Internacional, 10 weeks after surgery for an infected pseudoarthrosis of the right humerus, has confirmed a favourable clinical situation.’The medical team led by Doctors Samuel Antuña and Ignacio Roger de Oña, and including Doctors Juan De Miguel, Aitor Ibarzabal and Andrea García Villanueva, assessed the radiographic signs of bone consolidation and were satisfied with the progress.’From now on, and during the next few weeks, Marquez will be able to progress steadily in the process of functional recovery of the operated arm.’Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); FIRST LOOK: Tech3 KTM turns orange for MotoGP 2021accImages.createImage(); FIRST LOOK: Red Bull KTM’s 2021 livery for Binder, OliveiraMarquez first required surgery after his arm was fractured in the season-opening Jerez race in July, then a second operation when the titanium plate broke due to stress accumulated during an attempted return to action the following weekend.But the bone failed to heal, a condition medically described as pseudarthrosis, requiring a third operation and bone graft.It is still unclear when Marquez might return to MotoGP action. The first official 2021 pre-season test is scheduled for Qatar in early March.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Brivio ‘window’ closes, but Suzuki ‘hasn’t given up’ on satellite teamaccImages.createImage(); Jack Miller: Strongest rival at this point is Frankie, but…Provisional 2021 MotoGP Calendar – January UpdateRoundDateRaceCircuit128 MarchQatar (Evening race)Losail24 AprilDoha (Evening race)Losail318 AprilPortugalPortimao42 MaySpainJerez516 MayFranceLe Mans630 MayItalyMugello76 JuneCatalunyaBarcelona820 JuneGermanySachsenring927 JuneNetherlandsAssen1011 JulyFinland (Subject to homologation)KymiRing1115 AugustAustriaRed Bull Ring1229 AugustGreat BritainSilverstone1312 SeptemberAragonAragon1419 SeptemberSan Marino e Della Riviera di RiminiMisano153 OctoberJapanMotegi1610 OctoberThailandBuriram1724 OctoberAustraliaPhillip Island1831 OctoberMalaysiaSepang1914 NovemberComunitat ValencianaRicardo TormoPostponed Grands Prix: 11 AprilArgentinaTermas 18 AprilAmericasCOTAReserve Grand Prix Venues: Indonesia (Subject to homologation)Mandalika RussiaIgora Drive2021 Pre-season Testing: 5 MarchQatar Shakedown TestLosail 6-7 MarchQatar Official TestLosail 10-12 MarchQatar Official TestLosail
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