The man from Cervera has crashed five times this weekend at the Sachsenring
MADRID, 18 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish rider Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) suffered a fractured thumb on his left hand, the result of a fall, the fifth of the weekend, in the MotoGP warm-up at the German Grand Prix, and the The team will assess in the next few hours whether or not to compete at the Sachsenring.
As soon as Sunday started, the man from Cervera crashed in turn 7 of his hitherto talisman circuit, where he has won the eight times he has raced in the premier class; he lost control of his Honda and jumped into the air to end up in the gravel.
He left the track limping, leaving behind one of the images from the weekend, dejected and leaning on a guardrail, shaking his head. Later, he was transferred to the circuit’s medical center, complaining of pain in his right ankle and in the thumb of his right hand.
Finally, it was confirmed that he did not suffer from breaks in his foot, but in his hand. “The rider Marc Márquez has a very small fracture on the index finger of his left hand. He has been declared fit,” reported MotoGP.
With this, the eighth champion has suffered five falls this weekend, more than in any other weekend of his career. His misfortune began on Friday, when he lost control of his motorcycle and hit Frenchman Johann Zarco (Ducati) in turn 1.
Already in Q1, he crashed in the last turn, 13, the same one where he also crashed at the beginning of Q2, and his misfortune was repeated in turn 1 before the end of the session. In the sprint race he cut the gas to avoid greater evils and ended up out of the points.