Marc Marquez passed fit for Andalusian Grand Prix three days after having surgery on broken arm
Defending MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has been declared fit to ride for this weekend’s Andalusian Grand Prix, just three days after having surgery on a broken arm.
Marquez crashed out of last Sunday’s season-opening race at Jerez, with the Spaniard suffering a clean fracture of his right humerus.
The eight-time world champion travelled to Barcelona to undergo surgery on Monday where he had a titanium plate inserted inside his arm. But Honda revealed that Marquez intended to race in this weekend’s round at the same track, where he arrived on Thursday morning to undergo a medical assessment.
It was announced on Thursday afternoon that Marquez had been passed fit to ride in this weekend’s race, and as a result Honda will not need to draft in a replacement rider alongside his brother Alex Marquez.
As well as Marquez, MotoGP also declared British rider Cal Crutchlow fit to ride after he suffered a mild concussion in a crash during warm-up last Sunday, with the LCR Honda rider also undergoing an operation on a fractured scaphoid, while Suzuki’s Alex Rins has been passed fit despite suffering a shoulder dislocation, bone fracture and muscle damage in a high-speed qualifying crash last weekend.
