Marc Marquez to miss two MotoGP rounds with shoulder injury

Marc Marquez, the newly crowned MotoGP champion, will miss the following two rounds of the season in Australia and Malaysia, Ducati announced. He sustained a fracture and ligament injury to his right shoulder during a collision at the Indonesian Grand Prix.

On Sunday, Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi and Marquez’s Ducati collided, and the pair both slammed into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez appearing to be in significant discomfort after tumbling head over heels.

Marquez, who won his seventh MotoGP championship at the Japanese Grand Prix on September 28, slammed over the track for a short while before stumbling to his feet and stumbling away while clutching his shoulder.

Marquez fractured his shoulder of the arm during the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez in the opening competition of the year in the month of July, which extended his eligibility and required numerous surgeries.

Ducati claimed Marquez had “suffered a fracture at the base of the coracoid process and a ligament injury to his right shoulder” in a statement on Monday.

According to the report, “clinical examination and radiological assessment have established that there hasn’t been significant bone displacement and have ruled out any connection to previous injuries.”

Marquez emphasized that he wouldn’t rush his recovery, even though he was still able to compete in the Grands Prix in Portugal (November 9 – 9) and Valencia (November 14 – 16).

The Spaniard continued, “My goal is to be back before the end of the season, but without rushing things beyond the doctors’ recommendations.”

Since both my personal and my team’s primary objectives have been met, recovery is now top of mind and return at 100%.