Marc Marquez is en route to the Jerez circuit for this weekend’s Andalucian Grand Prix, only two days after undergoing major surgery on his right upper arm after fracturing his humerus bone during last Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at the same track.
The Repsol Honda rider will attempt to pass a physical exam by the circuit doctors with the aim of being declared fit to race, something that seems highly unlikely given the extent of the operation he underwent on Tuesday.
Initially fearing nerve damage as well as a broken bone, he had a metal plate bolted into the bone in his arm to secure it back together, but was expected to miss at least some rounds of the condensed 2020 season as he recovered from the procedure.
And while others have made similarly rapid returns to action following injury, none have done so after having fractured a bone as important as the humerus.
It is a large weight-bearing bone that connects the elbow to, in Marquez’s case, an already-damaged shoulder, and it remains to be seen how Marquez can safely endure the forces of MotoGP braking given the recent operation.
He is expected to undergo a medical examination at the track later today that will determine whether or not he is passed fit to ride in Sunday’s race.
