MotoGP champion Marc Marquez broke the titanium plate fixing the fracture in his right arm not while he was attempting an early comeback at Jerez, or doing gym work in the run-up to Brno, but 'opening a window'.
After lopping an impressive nine-seconds from his race time during the Jerez weekends, MotoGP rookie Alex Marquez now heads for the new challenges of Brno in the Czech Republic, then Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Injured MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will not score any points from at least the opening three rounds of the 2020 season after confirming his withdraw from this weekend's Brno round.
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has posted 'before and after' x-rays showing the fracture to his right arm, then 12 pins and a plate used to stabilise the injury.
Injured MotoGP champion Marc Marquez's hopes of pulling off a miraculous early comeback came to a sudden end during Saturday's final practice for the Andalucia Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez's withdraw from Sunday's Andalucia MotoGP race means that the reigning world champion will start his latest title defence with at least two non-scores.
Vinales tops Free Practice 3 for the Andalucia MotoGP with a new lap record, as reigning champion Marquez returns to action just four days after surgery to plate a broken right arm.
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has undergone surgery in Barcelona, where a titanium plate was inserted to assist the recovery of his broken right arm. The Repsol Honda star suffered
Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig says injured MotoGP champion Marc Marquez should have no regrets over Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix and that his advantage over the opposition is 'still growing year-by-year'
Honda's reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez narrowly edged out the Yamahas of Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Vinales during morning warm-up for the Jerez season-opener.
The fastest lap time and a fall (or at least a gravity-defying save) - it's a pattern seen many times over the years from reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez.
Marc Marquez insists he was fully informed and respects Honda's decision to sign Pol Espargaro in place of his younger brother Alex in MotoGP next season.
'Pol is going there and, deep inside himself, he is sure he can challenge Marc'. Those were the words of Herve Poncharal on Pol Espargaro's expected move to Repsol Honda next season, to take on current six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez.
- With 2-metre social distancing impossible to maintain in the hectic environment of a MotoGP pit box, Ducati are to experiment with the use of microphones for rider-to-team communication.
Jack Miller's confirmed switch to the factory Ducati MotoGP team, Valentino Rossi's talks with Petronas Yamaha and rumours Pol Espargaro will take over from rookie Alex Marquez at Repsol Honda.
- Casey Stoner has been asked for his opinion on the rumours that fellow MotoGP champion and former rival Valentino Rossi will extend his career by switching to Petronas Yamaha next season.