Marc Márquez, a Ducati rider, is now in Madrid after undergoing a double surgical procedure to address a fractured metatarsal in his right foot—sustained during a crash in the sprint race at the French Grand Prix—along with a pre-existing right shoulder issue. Ducati confirmed through an official statement that the operation was successful.
“Marc Márquez is currently recovering at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid, where he underwent a successful double surgical intervention this morning. The medical team, led by Dr. Samuel Antuña alongside Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña, Dr. Andrés Maldonado, Dr. Jorge de las Heras, Dr. Raúl Barco, and Dr. Juan de Miguel, successfully stabilized the fracture of the fifth metatarsal in the rider’s right foot. This injury occurred yesterday due to a highside crash in the final laps of the Sprint race at the French Grand Prix,” the statement explained.
“At the same time, Márquez underwent a second, pre-planned surgical procedure to treat a previous right shoulder injury. This earlier trauma had caused renewed pain following a violent crash at the Indonesian Grand Prix last year. Doctors removed two screws and a bone fragment from a previous Latarjet surgery (December 2019), which had shifted and was compressing the radial nerve,” the Ducati statement continued.
The team confirmed that Marc will miss the Catalan Grand Prix and added that he “will spend the night in the hospital and return home tomorrow to begin rehabilitation.” Regarding his recovery timeline, it will be determined by “progress in the coming weeks,” which “will dictate when he can return to competition.”
While Marc is in Madrid, the team sent him encouragement from Le Mans, where the French Grand Prix will take place in a few hours.
The events accelerated unexpectedly. The rider from Cervera had previously stated he planned to undergo shoulder surgery after the Catalan Grand Prix next weekend. He had been experiencing discomfort in recent months, and after Jerez, medical tests confirmed that one of the screws in his right shoulder was misaligned and pressing on a nerve—causing the strength loss that had hindered him at the start of the season. The crash in Le Mans merely advanced this intervention, which was performed alongside the foot surgery. A recovery process now begins, with no set timeline.
