Tearful Marc Marquez reveals extent of injury issues after crash at Grand Prix France - 'I'm riding with one-and-a-half arms'
Published 14/05/2026 at 14:16 GMT+1
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Marc Marquez struggled to hold back tears as he revealed to his Ducati team at the Grand Prix France the extent of the injury problems that have been holding him back this season.
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Reigning MotoGP champion Marquez has struggled to get back to his best since a crash at the Grand Prix Indonesia last October forced him into shoulder surgery.
He broke a bone in his foot in a fall in the Sprint race at Le Mans last weekend and has since undergone surgery on the injury along with the ongoing shoulder problem.
A behind-the-scenes video from Ducati shows Marquez confiding in his team at the Grand Prix France and revealing his struggles.
”I didn’t say anything…,” starts Marquez, before pausing with his head in his hands.
When he continues, he says: ”There’s a screw that’s giving me nerve problems. On and off.
”You can’t ride a motorbike … on and off. I knew this was happening. That’s why the operation was already scheduled after the Catalunya GP.Â
”I’m riding with one-and-a-half arms. They have to remove a broken screw that, in the crash in Indonesia, they saw it moved.Â
”After Jerez, I went for a check-up. I felt something was wrong. When I get into the riding position, that broken screw … after Indonesia, it moved and touches the nerve.
”[It’s] the nerve I use for three fingers and the whole [right] arm. It takes away my strength.Â
"Yesterday, in the time attack, you asked me what happened in that corner. I knew what happened in that corner ... and today too. For a few laps, everything is fine. A few laps later, not so.”
TNT Sports expert Neil Hodgson said he was worried for Marquez’s future following his crash at Le Mans.
But shortly before the incident, Marquez had shocked by recording the fastest-ever MotoGP lap of Le Mans. ”I have nothing to prove, I can go fast, today I was fast in Q1,” he says with a smile in the video.
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”I can go fast. The problem is I’m lapping half a second from my limits. There have been crashes where I don’t understand why. I’m not pushing. I’m not at the limit.
”In Jerez, I entered the fast corner and I lost the front. I can’t push the bike.”
Marquez also says that he had not wanted to make clear the full extent of his injuries.
”I asked to keep it a secret. I wanted to go through the weekend without thinking about it or having questions about it. But it’s true that this [arm] isn’t working. You can see it on the data.”
Marquez will miss the Grand Prix Catalunya this weekend and it is not known when he will return to the grid.
His hopes of defending his title look over as he sits seventh in the standings, 65 points behind leader Marco Bezzecchi.
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