MotoGP: Fracture of the little finger of the left hand for Marc Marquez, but he will be there in Jerez
The reigning Honda champion was operated on in Barcelona by Dr. Mir
MotoGP 2015 GP Honda Repsol – This is not a good time for Marc Marquez. The reigning Honda champion, after his fall in the Argentine Grand Prix after a contact with Valentino Rossi, fell while training on dirt track, fracturing the little finger of his left hand.
The two-time MotoGP world champion was then operated on at the Quiron Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona by Dr. Mir, who explained what happened like this. “The patient presented himself this morning at the emergency room of the Quiron Dexeus University Hospital after suffering an accident during training. The patient had a deformity of the little finger of the left hand and X-rays showed a fracture of the proximal phalanx. Therefore, we decided to treat the injury as in any other case, fixing a titanium plate to the finger. This will allow us to begin functional recovery after 24 hours and consequently the possibility of having him race in Jerez."
The fact of being in Jerez does not automatically mean racing in the Grand Prix. The fracture is in fact broken and a final decision will most likely be made only after FP4. It would be a bad blow for the Spaniard, who has 30 points to make up for Valentino Rossi in the championship.
Honda therefore risks finding itself without the two official riders, even Dani Pedrosa has not yet resolved his reservations after the operation on his right forearm last April 3rd. In that case the golden wing manufacturer could really need Casey Stoner and at that point it will be difficult to say no a second time to the Australian, who in Austin hoped to be back on the RC213V.
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Imagine if Marquez skips the GP... it wouldn't even cross his mind to do so.
I don't think it will cause him any big problems.
I think Marc will race anyway, but I don't know how much he won't cause problems. At the very least he is annoying, and I certainly think he will have some pain. Then I think that if they say that they will only choose in FP4 it means that it is not entirely to be underestimated.
Marc was a little unlucky this year... in any case he's always lucky. Since he started in Moto GP he may have fallen 30-40 times but he has never really hurt himself, as perhaps happened to Lorenzo or Pedrosa
If Stoner comes back, Rossi will certainly no longer win in the races in which he races.
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You're right but they should provide them with the famous binoculars, the one that gets you within 10 seconds.
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a little finger certainly doesn't stop marquez, but honda is playing with fire, if he had been seriously hurt they would now have paid dearly for the choice of not letting stoner race, who in any case at whatever level he may currently be is certainly the most close to a high profile moto gp rider….
It's certain now. lalecc is surpassing the various masters of c@xxata. Come on, come on, start. Fatty don't disappoint us
We need to see how serious the fracture is, but it's the little finger of the LEFT hand, do you know that on the LEFT what type of clutch and gearbox they have... in short, it doesn't change a thing...
It all depends on the severity of the fracture, but on that hand it can't cause too many problems...
Quote Ronnie, if the fracture had been on his right hand he would certainly have had some problems with the accelerator.
The fact is that Marquez is particularly lucky in his falls! he has never been injured enough to miss a race but you can't say he isn't trying!
They only use the clutch for starting.
Well the injury affected the phalanx closest to the palm of the left little finger and therefore it won't be so "nice" to ride in those conditions (since they are "hanging" from the semi-handlebars).
Then obviously many other riders (Marc himself at Assen 2013) have raced in much worse conditions, bringing home significant results (how can we not mention Jorge again at Assen in 2013 or Capirossi at Brno).
He will run and give everything (as always) to get back to the position this extraordinary phenomenon deserves.
We hope to see some good battles, but Marc will be in the game as always and remains without a shadow of a doubt the favorite rider for the title (and who will easily win).
The important thing is that he doesn't do like Lorenzo with his shoulder and fall on it, now maybe it's nothing really worrying but it could become so if he gets hurt again, because now he has titanium in his finger and certainly some screws so you'll get hurt again there, it means breaking many more things if he tears them.
Obviously he shouldn't fall back on it, but certainly if he has to fight he will fight as he always has.
Then obviously hanging like they are when you have a finger that has just been operated on won't be very tasty, but for the race he will take some painkillers and fight as he always has.
Of course, as a start it cannot be defined as a lucky season... moreover, from the article with Dr. Mir's statements, it would seem that Marc did not break his little finger in falling to the ground, but in contact with a rider who was following him who was not managed to completely avoid the impact.
Yes, it was another pilot. Marc fell and ran over his finger.
I fully agree with what you wrote in the other article regarding pilot training.
But when riding a motorbike, the risk is always around the corner at all speeds and in all specialties.
For example, in 2010 Rossi injured his shoulder when he fell (and once he underwent surgery they realized it was a serious injury).
The injury also went well for him, imagine if instead of taking his finger, the rider following him took his hand or arm.
There it's a matter of a few centimeters, luckily he only got injured with his finger (of course, he could have done nothing, but in the worst case scenario he was lucky).