VOL. 52 ISSUE 17 APRIL 28, 2015 P23
MARQUEZ QUESTIONABLE FOR JEREZ?
M
arc Marquez suffered his
second crash in less than
seven days last week, the four-
time World Champion going
down in a dirt track training ac-
cident and being hit by another
rider. The incident left him with a
fractured left little finger, which
was immediately attended to by
renowned surgeon Dr. Xavier
Mir, Head of the Unit for Hand
and Upper Extremities Pathol-
ogy at the Hospital Universitario
Quiron Dexeus in Barcelona.
Unlike other riders who could
make do with amputating the
broken part of the finger for a
quick fix, Marquez had to have a
titanium plate fixed to his finger.
"The patient presented a
deformity to the little finger of
his left hand and a subsequent
X-Ray showed a fracture of the
proximal phalanx, with displace-
ment," said Dr. Mir. "Therefore,
we decided to treat the injury—
as we would in the case of any
other patient—by fixing a tita-
nium plate to his finger."
Marquez began physiothera-
py 24 hours after the operation
and is likely to grid up for the
upcoming Spanish Grand Prix at
Jerez on May 3.
The crash is yet another set
back for the young Spaniard,
who already has a 30-point
deficit in championship points
to a fully fit Valentino Rossi, the
most successful rider ever at
Jerez, with eight premier class
victories to his name.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
Marc Marquez breaks little
finger in dirt track training
accident; will attempt to ride
this weekend at Jerez.
"An F1 race is not a realistic
goal, because the amount of
money required every year is so
great that it would not be pos-
sible to pay for the rights," Kari
O. Sohlberg, Finland's national
governing body for motorsport,
told Omnicourse.it. "This kind
of money cannot be found today
in Finland. Instead, MotoGP and
Superbikes, and series such as
GP2, GP3 and DTM fit perfectly
with our plans."
