Marc Marquez, who fell heavily on Sunday morning during the “warm up”, the warm-up session preceding the German MotoGP Grand Prix, will not compete in the race, which will start at 2:00 p.m., announced his Honda team. “Marc Marquez chose to miss the German Grand Prix after suffering a fall at turn 7 during the warm up”, raced in the morning, the Japanese team said in a press release, less than an hour from the start. of the seventh round of the season.
Minor finger fracture
The Spaniard, passed over the handlebars of his Honda launched at full speed during the warm-up, appeared completely stunned after his fall, remaining several minutes alongside the marshals, the time to regain his senses. He then limped back to his garage. The six-time world champion in the category “has a very small fracture in the first finger of his left hand. He was declared SUITABLE, ”MotoGP had initially indicated on its social networks.
Considered the king of the Sachsenring – never has a driver imposed himself there as much as him – Marc Marquez would certainly have liked to put an end this weekend to a sad personal record of more than 600 days without a victory. It was a waste of time for the six-time MotoGP world champion, who had a nightmarish weekend marred by five falls. The Spaniard, in difficulty on his Honda, was to start 7th on the grid, far behind the Italian poleman Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), leader in the championship.