Jerez MotoGP: Massive accident for Marc Marquez at the end of FP3
UPDATE: After being examined at the medical centre, Repsol Honda reported that Marc Marquez 'has no major injuries, suffering only a contusion', a verdict also confirmed by further checks at a local hospital.
After his check, has been declared FIT for the remainder of the
— Repsol Honda Team (@HRC_MotoGP)
Marc Marquez,🌌 returning to the scene of his broken right-arm last July, has suffered a massive accident at the end of FP3 for the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez.
After accelerat൩ing out of the Turn 6 (Pedrosa) hairpin, Marquez lost the front of his Repsol Honda at 180km/h as he tipped into the Turn 7 left-hander, sending him skimming across the gravel and into the airfence.
BIG crash for !
— MotoGP (@MotoGP)
Th♉ankfully the eight-times champion is back on his feet💜!
The eight-time worlꦡd champion was clearly shaken but eventually able to walk away and returned to the pits on the back of a scooter, fortunately without any apparent damage to the right arm, which has already required three ro🐻unds of surgery.
Marquez, who only returned to MotoGPꦓ action last time in Portimao, was twelfth at the time of this fall and will 🦩now be among those heading to Qualifying 1 this afternoon.
!Fortunately, is ok and back in the pit box! — MotoGP™ (@MotoGP)
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Mar🐻c Marquez’s injury issues.
