Marc Marquez breaks silence on COTA absence – and shows injury rehab
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Márquez (@marcmarquez93)Marc Marquez penalty: MotoGP Court of Appeal grants ‘stay of execution’A hand injury which required surgery caused the Repsol Honda rider to miss the second round in Argentina, and now COTA too.It is a damaging blow to his MotoGP championship hopes already – but also a setback to his fitness.Marquez arrived into 2023 hoping that the major arm and double-vision problems which have plagued him for two years were largely in his past.A serious operation last summer saved his career and allowed to ride pain-free for the first time since early-2020.Is MotoGP Chasing The American Dream like F1? | MotoGP Podcast EP.84Video of Is MotoGP Chasing The American Dream like F1? | MotoGP Podcast EP.84Oliveira: Marc and I ‘cleared everything’, ‘case closed’But, just three grand prix laps into 2023, he ed into the back of Miguel Oliveira causing injuries to both men.Oliveira returns in COTA but the fragility of Marquez’s injury means he misses out.Oscar Haro, the ex-LCR sporting director, claims the delicate nature of the hand injury means that, if the same bone breaks again, it would sideline Marquez for four months.Related Easier without Marquez and Bastianini? “There’s more space on the podium” Alex Marquez: ‘Our position is between four and seven, 85% chance of COTA win’?Marquez has posted a series of images to his social media detailing how he is rehabbing his latest injury with the caption: “Step by step”.He hopes to make a return in Jerez, at the fourth round of the championship, and ironically the scene of his most notorious which caused his serious arm injury.Honda’s appeal about his double long lap penalty has a “stay of execution”, the MotoGP Court of Appeal has ruled. A final decision is yet to be made.
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