Article by Luminița Paul – published Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 19:22 / Updated Tuesday, October 7, 2025 7:23
The Spanish Marc Marquez (32 years old), who has already secured his title this season in Motogp, will be missing from two races following the accident suffered on the Indonesian circuit Mandalika. Other pilots pointed their finger at a problem that was overlooked: the stupid gravel from the safety outputs.
Marc Marquez presented to Rubber International Hospital in Madrid for a more complete shoulder exam immediately after his landing in Indonesia, where he suffered a harsh injury, caused by the Italian Marco Bezzechi (Aprilia).
After undergoing new tests, the team of the Spanish, Ducati, confirmed that the champion septupping of Motogp “suffered a fracture at the base of the coracoid apophysis and a ligament lesion to the right shoulder”.
Marc Marquez, conservative treatment and two missed races
The best news is that “clinical examination and radiological evaluation have excluded any connection with previous lesions” and also confirmed “the absence of significant bone displacement”. For this reason, the medical team led by Dr. Samuel Antuna and Dr. Ignacio Roger opts for a “Conservative treatment”, By avoiding a new surgery for the Spanish.
“This involves resting and immobilizing the affected shoulder until complete healing and clinical consolidation of the fracture“Ducati said in his statement.
Marc Marquez at the Great Prize of Indonesia Photo: Imago Images
Marquez will miss the next two races, those in Australia and Malaysia, to focus on recovery, indicates as. It will be subject to “weekly checks” that will determine the final duration of the recovery and, therefore, the return to the competition. After the Sepang stage, they will remain The great prize of Portugal and The great prize of Valencia to end the year.
Fortunately, the lesion is not serious, but it is important to respect the recovery terms. My goal is to come back before the end of the season, but without hurrying and doing what the doctors recommend. I met the goal both individual and team level, and now the priority is to recover well and return to 100% – Marc Marquez
The pilots complain about the state of safety outputs: “Poor quality gravel”
His accident, however, revealed a problem that on some occasions went unnoticed, but which pilots in the queen category wanted to bring to the center of attention. The first one was Alex Marquezwhich signaled the state of safety outputs. “The gravel is of poor quality, always the same thing happens, there is a step”, The pilot was crying.
Then, the two pilots from Castrol Honda also analyzed the accident between Marquez and Bezzecchi, reaching a unanimous conclusion: “Marc's accident was caused by the impact with the gravel.”
Joan Mir He criticized the safety of the track. “There is a step in the area with gravel. Is dangerous. If you hit it, the speed is brutal. I do not understand why we have gravel there and not asphalt. We need to talk about it, because if something happens, the consequences will be more serious than until now”.
Massive Crash for Bez and @Marcmarquez93 💥
Thankfully Both has Walking Away 👀#Indonesiangp 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/hqm7skqvv0
– Motogp ™ 🏁 (@motogp) October 5, 2025
Luca Marini was just as critical: “I would say yes, the lesion was caused by the impact with the gravel, because, initially, it seemed to me a normal fall. But then both Marc and Bezzecchi fell hard and rolled a lot because the gravel was stupidly seated“, Explained the pilot Honda.
“We have to be very careful, because it is not something that only affects the Mandalika circuit; it happens on others.” Luca insists, like Alex, that “for next year something will have to change, no doubt. But the problem is that for Marc is already too late,” marinated, quoted by the same source.
