Marc Marquez Injured in Training Incident

A Honda press release issued over the weekend stated that MotoGP rider Marc Marquez fractured the little finger of his left hand while riding dirt track. The break was treated by Dr. Xavier Mir with a titanium plate, and according to the release Marquez has "a chance of racing at Jerez." The Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez is this weekend, May 3. There is no word on a replacement rider for Marquez should the Spaniard not be able to ride, but potentially both Repsol Honda riders may be on the sidelines this weekend as Dani Pedrosa is still recovering from arm pump surgery earlier this month.

The full text of Honda's press release follows:

Marc Marquez undergoes successful operation on little finger fracture

Repsol Honda rider operated on this afternoon to treat fracture to little finger of left hand, suffered while training dirt track. His participation in the Spanish Grand Prix has not been ruled out.

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez has been successfully operated on this afternoon by Dr. Xavier Mir, Head of the Unit for Hand and Upper Extremities Pathology at the Hospital Universitario Quiron Dexeus in Barcelona.

Dr. Mir commented after the surgery that Marquez had “attended the casualty department of the Hospital Universitario Quiron Dexeus having suffered a crash in training this morning. The patient presented a deformity to the little finger of his left hand and a subsequent X-Ray showed a fracture of the proximal phalanx, with displacement. Therefore, we decided to treat the injury -as we would in the case of any other patient- by fixing a titanium plate to his finger. This will allow us to initiate functional recovery after 24 hours and give him a chance of racing at Jerez.”

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