The incredible bonus money Marc Marquez has missed out on due to injury
Marquez has already missed out on a total of €2,281,800 (£1,984,949) for the four MotoGP🍸 rounds that he missed before Le Mans, according ൲to Spanish media .
His return ♋to Le Mans at the weekend will therefore be welcomed by his bank manager, as well as by MotoGP fans.
His bonus scheme is to be paid €570,450 (£496,487) per race to enter, the report states.
Marquez can also claim an extra €1.4m (£1.2m) if he wins the MotoGP championship.
This is all on top of his estimated €12.5m (£10.9m) annual salary paid by Hoꦐnda, plus s👍ponsorship earnings
Last year Marquez missed eight rounds, the first two due to diplopia (his vision issues) and then six due to💧 major arm surgery.
This season’s four missed rounds were due 🐭to the hand injury picked up in the first grand prix of the season at Portimao.
Marquez is widely-kno🍌wn as the highest-paid MotoGP rider on the 2023 grid.
He is contracted to Honda✤ until the end of 2024 by which time some interesting conversations could take place.
On one hand, Marquez 🦩is desperat🍎e for a bike which will allow him to compete for a seventh premier class championship.
Conversely, his age and his mounting injury history mean that rival manufacturers - Ducati or KTM, for example - might think twic🍸e before sanctioning the money that Marquez🍰 might demand.
Jorge Lorenzo’s verdict? He꧅ believes that Ducati will offer Marquez a contract for 2025 on much less money than he has been accustomed to, meaning the six-time MotoGP champion must make a difficult call - earn less money for a better bike, or stick with Honda…
James was a sports journa🌠list at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
