Marquez returns to Aragon

MotoGP: Marquez expected at Misano tests

More than three years after his last operation on his right arm, the Spaniard Marc Marquez (Honda) will make his big comeback this weekend during the Aragon Grand Prix. A first for him since the end of May.

Small event this weekend at Motorland. Indeed, absent since the Italian Grand Prix on May 29, Marc Marquez will make his return to the track over the next few days at the GP of Aragon. Stopped for a little over three months after having had surgery on his right arm for the fourth time, the Spaniard formalized the news of his return on Tuesday in a short video posted on social networks. “After talking to the doctors and the team, we decided the best for my recovery was to keep riding the bike, by accumulating the kilometers for next year”, explained in particular the six-time MotoGP world champion, visibly reassured about his state of form after having been able to participate in the Misano (Italy) tests in recent days. Something to put a smile on the face of the person concerned. It is also great news for the Honda team, with a view to next season.

Honda wants to gauge Marquez’s form

Currently 15th in the drivers’ classification in 2022 with 60 points, Marquez hopes above all to finally be able to resume the thread of his career normally, he who struggled to recover from his fall during the Spanish GP in July 2020. goal for the weekend will be to continue to improve Marquez’s fitness on the bike and assess their performance during the intensity of a Grand Prix weekend and a race said Honda. At the beginning of September, the Spaniard was not lacking in ambition about his return, which then seemed imminent. “When I come back, it’s because I want to do all the shopping, not do a race and then stay at home,” he recently told Autosport. As a reminder, the Honda rider has already distinguished himself several times in the past at the GP of Aragon, which he has already won five times during his career. Last year, he had to settle for 2nd place.

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