(Reuters) – Six-times MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has undergone a successful fourth operation on his arm because the Spaniard targets return within the 2023 season, MotoGP organisers stated on Friday.
The Repsol Honda rider, who broke his arm on the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, final went beneath the knife 18 months in the past however was hampered by the damage once more in latest months.
“Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez has accomplished surgery on his proper humerus on the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The medical staff have deemed the operation a hit as Marquez’s restoration begins,” MotoGP stated in a press release.
The 29-year-old will keep within the United States for the approaching days earlier than heading again house to proceed his restoration.
Marquez suffered an enormous crash in qualifying on the Italian Grand Prix final weekend however recovered to complete tenth on Sunday in what was probably his ultimate race of the marketing campaign. He will end the season in ninth place.
Riders head to Barcelona this weekend for the ninth race of the season.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Bradley Perrett)
