MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is about to trip a motorcycle for the primary time because the damage he sustained at Mandalika in October.
The Spaniard has been sidelined since he broke his proper arm following a collision triggered by Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi initially of the Indonesian Grand Prix. Whereas Marquez initially tried to keep away from one other operation, he finally required surgical procedure to deal with a fracture of the coracoid and ligament harm on the base of his proper shoulder.
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The damage compelled him to overlook the ultimate 4 rounds of the season, in addition to an opportunity to trip an early prototype of Ducati’s 2026 MotoGP bike on the Valencia take a look at.
Nevertheless, talking at Ducati’s Campioni in Festa in Bologna on Friday, the 32-year-old revealed that he’ll trip a road-going motorcycle within the days main as much as Christmas.
“I am feeling a lot better and will likely be again on the bike subsequent week,” he mentioned. “I had a check-up with the medical doctors and it is now been three months because the accident. So on Sunday or subsequent week, I will be again within the saddle to see what it is prefer to trip a bike once more.”
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He added: “No holidays, no. That is how it’s. It is easy for me to just accept. For Gemma, my girlfriend, it is slightly tougher! However in the long run, she understood too.
“I needed to work arduous, do rehab, and have fun the title. It needed to be executed. Right now [Friday] is the final day we have fun the 2025 title, as a result of tomorrow [Sunday] we’ll already be engaged on 2026.”
Marc Marquez, Ducati Group
Marc Marquez, Ducati Group
Marquez additionally took the chance to thank Ducati, the producer that enabled him to return to successful methods after a number of tough seasons at Honda, hampered by accidents and an uncompetitive RC213V.
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“I had to surrender numerous issues [to get back to this level] and work actually arduous,” he mentioned. “However in the long run, I ended up in the appropriate workforce, on the appropriate bike, after an awesome 12 months with the Gresini workforce and Nadia [Padovani]. That is the place I discovered myself once more. I had the appropriate bike, and it helped me make the leap to the official workforce.
“Final 12 months, I understood what it meant to be a part of the Gresini workforce. This 12 months, I understood what it means to be a Ducati rider. I obtained to know the workforce and obtained on rather well with everybody. And that is what makes the distinction between a cheerful rider and a quick rider.”
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