Dani Pedrosa warns on Marc Marquez: "He will make a decision"
Marc Marquez’s crash and injury are creating concern in MotoGP and at Ducati. The Catalan rider had surgery on his foot and usual right shoulder and will be out for at least the next two Grands Prix. The number 93 was visibly struggling in the race, and he is struggling to ride the new bike like all the other Ducati riders in this start of the World Championship.
His former teammate Daniel Pedrosa to DAZN commented on the situation, “His body has accumulated a lot of falls and injuries. Now, of course, he has to recover and evaluate how his shoulder is after the operation, to see if removing the screw that was compressing the nerve will actually give him back the flexibility and freedom of movement he needs to ride the bike well.”
“Based on that, he will make a decision, and if not, maybe he will make another one. I’m not in his shoes, but I can imagine that things like this, at this stage of his career, are very important,” the Spaniard warned. Marc Marquez has not yet signed a contract renewal expiring in 2026, although according to Ducati executives the understanding has long since been reached for at least another season.
Explaining in detail the nature of the surgeries was Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi himself: “Marquez had surgery on his foot, fourth and fifth metatarsals: a plate was applied to the fifth and a screw to the fourth. As for his shoulder, the two pins that were bothering him were removed and the radial nerve was fixed. The doctors who operated on him assured us that everything went well. In the coming days we will figure out how and when he will be able to return.”
Marquez himself had already anticipated the situation right after the crash in the Sprint at the French GP: “I have to have surgery but I will take the opportunity to do everything together. We had not yet communicated this but I had already scheduled surgery on my right shoulder for the week after Barcelona, related to my accident last fall in Indonesia. Unfortunately, one of the screws had broken and another had shifted. By a few millimeters but it was pointing in the wrong direction and was touching the radial nerve causing me pain.” The reigning world champion had then added that the problem was only noticeable while riding the MotoGP bike: “At home, on road bikes, and even in training with the motocross bike, the screw did not bother me.” An explanation that clarifies at least in part the Catalan’s fluctuating performance over the course of the season.
