New MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has ended his season early after suffering a collarbone injury at the Indonesian Grand Prix earlier this month, Afrosport reports. Just a week after sealing his seventh title at the Japanese Grand Prix, the Spaniard collided with Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap in Indonesia, leaving him sidelined for the remainder of the campaign. Marquez, 32, had been expected...
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez underwent surgery on his right shoulder in Madrid on Monday following his crash with Marco Bezzecchi at the Indonesian Grand Prix, Afrosport reports. The Ducati rider was taken out on the opening lap of last weekend's race in Mandalika when Aprilia’s Bezzecchi ran into the back of his bike. It left Marquez with a fracture in his shoulder and ligament...
Marc Marquez has urged his fans not to have hard feeling towards Marco Bezzecchi following their crash at the Indonesian MotoGP on Sunday, Afrosport reports. Aprilia rider Bezzecchi had a poor start from pole position and in a bid to make up for lost ground, ran into the back of Marquez’s Ducati on the opening lap. The newly-crowned world champion was thrown to the ground as...
Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will still serve his double long lap penalty despite getting injured at the weekend’s season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix. The Honda rider was penalised for causing a crash which took out Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Martin in Portimao, with the initial suggestion being that the Spaniard would only serve his penalty at this weekend’s Argentina Grand Prix. Marquez will however miss...
Current MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia began the 2023 season with victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. The Italian rider won MotoGP's inaugural sprint race on Saturday and was dominant again in his Ducati in Sunday's race as he finished ahead of Aprilia's Maverick Vinales and Ducati's Marco Bezzecchi who took second and third respectively. Pole-sitter and six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez lost...
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