Marc Marquez is recovering at home in Madrid after undergoing two “successful” surgeries on Sunday, with his return date still unknown.
The Catalan had the fifth metatarsal in his right foot stabilized by the same medical team that he trusted with the shoulder surgery at the end of last year after fracturing it in a fall in the Indonesian Sprint race.
That same medical team also removed “two screws and a bone fragment” from his right shoulder. The screws had been there since an operation at the close of 2019, which was to stop the joint from dislocating with alarming frequency.
This procedure had initially been planned for after this weekend’s Catalan GP but was brought forward due to the foot injury. After Marquez’s crash in last season’s Indonesian GP, the screws had been damaged and were impacting the radial nerve, which in turn was causing the nine-time World Champion great discomfort.
As yet, a return at the Italian GP later in the month hasn’t been ruled out. “(The doctors) say it should be OK in a short time,” Marquez said. “But I don’t want to fix a date. For sure, Catalunya I will not race, and then we will understand step by step for Mugello.”CN
