Marquez to have further arm surgery, rest of 2022 MotoGP season in doubt

Honda announced that Marquez will have an operation following the Mugello race in Minnesota in America.  

Marquez badly broke his right arm at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2020, which ultimately ruled him out of that entire campaign as he underwent three operations on the injury.  

The first proved unsuccessful as he damaged the plate in his arm attempting to return to racing at Jerez just days after the operation, while surgery number two led to an infection which stopped his arm from healing.  

He had a third operation in the winter of 2020, which stopped him from taking part in the first two races of 2021 – though he would eventually return to action, winning three races that year.  

However, he struggled at most circuits – particularly at clockwise tracks – with power in his right shoulder and to this day still has to limit his running in practice to keep himself in the best physical shape for races.  

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This year has been immensely difficult for Marquez, who had to miss two races when he crashed heavily in Indonesia and suffered a concussion – which led to a return of the double vision issues which ruled him out of the last two grands prix of 2021, and kept him sidelined for this year’s Argentina GP. 

On top of this, he has struggled to adapt his riding style to the radically overhauled 2022 Honda. Marquez has yet to score a podium this season.  

Autosport understands that the movement in Marquez’s right arm has been severely affected by the successive operations in 2020, which is stopping the natural movement required to ride a MotoGP bike.  

This has only been heightened by the radical change Honda has made to the 2022 bike, which is stopping him from riding in his usual style.  

As a result, Marquez has taken the decision to abandon hopes of fighting for the 2022 world championship outright to have…