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Marc Marquez Returns
This Week At
Portimao
M
arc Marquez will make his long-
awaited return at round three of
the 2021 MotoGP World Champion-
ship at the Portimao Circuit in Portu-
gal, April 16-18.
It will be the first time we've seen the
eight-time world champion since his
ill-fated return from a heavily broken
right humerus suffered in round one at
Jerez in 2020. Marquez did attempt to
ride just five days later at the Andalusian
MotoGP but pulled out after a hand-
ful of laps and has subsequently gone
through three major operations as his
arm healed much slower than expected.
A statement released by Repsol
Honda said, "In the review carried out
on Marc Marquez by the Hospital Ruber
Internacional medical team, four months
after surgery, led by Doctors Samuel
Antuna and Ignacio Roger de Ona,
and made up of Doctors De Miguel,
Ibarzabal and Garcia Villanueva, for an
infected pseudoarthrosis of the right hu-
merus, a very satisfactory clinical condi-
tion was found, with evident progress in
the bone consolidation process. In the
current situation, Marquez can return to
competition, assuming the reasonable
risk implicit in his sporting activity."
Marquez took to Instagram to announce his delight at his
return to MotoGP competition: "I'm very happy! Yesterday
I visited the doctors, and they gave me the green light to
return to competition. They have been nine difficult months,
with moments of uncertainties and ups and downs, and
now, finally, I will be able to enjoy my passion again! See
you next week in Portimao!"
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Marc Marquez will
make his return to
racing at Portimao this
weekend.
