Marc Marquez cleared to 'intensify recovery' for 'gradual' MotoGP return
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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 The latest medical check on injured MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has given the green light for the Repsol Honda rider to ‘intensify his strength and mobility recovery programme with a view to gradually returning to competitive racing’.The verdict will add weight to the possibility that the Spaniard might yet try to ride in the Qatar season-opener on March 28.Marquez has been sidelined since last July following complications to a broken right arm at the Jerez season opener, which has required three operations (the latest in December) due to a broken plate and then bone infection.The latest checks confirm ‘satisfactory progression of bone consolidation’.Repsol Honda told that, despite the latest update, their viewpoint on Marquez’s MotoGP return hasn’t changed; ‘Marc and the doctors will decide when he’s ready’.The update also doesn’t mean the #93 will jump on a dirt bike tomorrow, but it is expected that he can now intensify his gym training, having made clear that – even if the bone is healed – he still has muscles to rebuild.The full Repsol Honda update is as follows:’In the medical review performed on Marc Marquez, 14 weeks after surgery for an infected pseudoarthrosis of the right humerus, the medical team led by Doctors Samuel Antuña and Ignacio Roger de Oña have clinically and radiographically verified satisfactory progression of bone consolidation.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Valentino Rossi sets Qatar personal best, ‘improves a lot’accImages.createImage(); Qatar MotoGP Test II, Losail – Thursday lap times (FINAL)’From this moment on, Marquez can now intensify his strength and mobility recovery programme with a view to gradually returning to competitive racing.’Marquez has missed both 2021 pre-season tests, with the final outing concluding in Qatar this evening.Provisional 2021 MotoGP Calendar RoundDateRaceCircuit128 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 TestLosailRelated ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Qatar offers Covid-19 vaccinations to MotoGP paddockaccImages.createImage(); Qatar offers Covid-19 vaccinations to MotoGP paddock
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