Ducati's Marquez to Miss French and Catalan GPs Due to Foot Fracture
Marc Marquez will miss two MotoGP rounds after a sprint crash left him with a fifth metatarsal fracture in his right foot, Ducati said.
- Ducati's Marc Marquez will miss Sunday's French Grand Prix and next weekend's Catalan Grand Prix after fracturing his fifth metatarsal in a crash during Saturday's sprint at Le Mans, his team confirmed.
- A highside crash on the final lap threw The Spaniard from his bike after he had planted his right foot on the track, causing the injury that sidelined him.
- Having finished 13th-fastest in practice, Marquez admitted, "It's not that the others are going faster, it's that I'm going slower," while struggling to match Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi.
- Beyond the foot injury, Marquez revealed plans to undergo a separate shoulder procedure originally scheduled after the Catalan Grand Prix, targeting a return at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.
- This injury marks another setback for the world champion, who sits fifth in the standings, 51 points behind Marco Bezzecchi, continuing struggles since his collarbone collision at the Indonesia Grand Prix.
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The Spanish driver lost control of his Ducati and flew into the air.It was in the penultimate lap of the sprint race and was marching seventh.He had already scheduled surgery on his shoulder.
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The catalan undergoes scheduled surgery after having a fracture in the right foot due to a fall in Le Mans.
Marc Márquez's performance this season was creating doubts about his physical condition and the ugly fall during the sprint at Le Mans has ended up revealing the truth. In the last lap of the short race he suffered his sixth fall of the year, the third in a sprint, which beyond assuming another 'zero' would result in a fracture in the fifth metatarsian of his right foot that will force him to pass through the operating room.After the incident, '…
Accident to the right foot with fracture of the fifth metatarso: will be operated in Madrid the champion of the Ducati Marc Marquez fallen during the Sprint of the French Gp of MotoGp. The Spanish will then skip the race on Sunday and also the next Gp of Catalunya. At risk also that of Mugello.  After a medical check and an X-ray Marc Marquez has been declared unfit  has announced in a note the stable of Borgo Panigale  Tonight…
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