2023-10-08 14:00:24
Published on October 8, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. – updated on October 8, 2023 at 4:12 p.m. Marie Mahé
This Sunday, Italian Marco Bezzecchi, third in the MotoGP championship standings, underwent surgery after fracturing his collarbone the day before. The duration of his unavailability has not been communicated.
Huge blow for Marco Bezzecchi. Indeed, this Saturday, the Italian driver fractured his right collarbone during training. This Sunday, the current third in the MotoGP world championship standings, now only 24 years old, was forced to undergo surgery, according to information communicated by his team, Ducati-VR46 , which belongs to the legend of the discipline, namely Valentino Rossi. “Marco Bezzecchi underwent successful surgery this morning to reduce the fracture of his right clavicle (…) Marco will immediately begin the rehabilitation process: his return to the track will be assessed in the next 48 hours“, it was thus specified in particular. No duration of unavailability has therefore yet been communicated, concerning the main interested party. In terms of the specialty world championship ranking, Bezzecchi is currently respectively 54 and 51 points behind his compatriot Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and the Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), who is none other than the current fit man.
Marini also on the sidelines
If the Transalpine, who is competing in his second season in the premier category, is forced to miss several weekends, this should put him directly and definitively out of the running in an attempt to win the title of world champion in the specialty. . Indeed, from next week, all the drivers will compete in no less than three Grands Prix in three weeks. With Indonesia, Australia then Thailand. This season, Bezzecchi has scored no less than three victories. This injury is also a big blow for his entire team. Indeed, the other driver of this same team, namely the Italian Luca Marini, fractured his left collarbone during the Indian Grand Prix, which took place at the end of the month of last September. The date of Marini’s return is also not known.
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