Portimão (Portugal) (EFE).- The Spanish Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) could suffer a fracture of the first metacarpal of his right hand, according to the medical commission of the motorcycling world championship.
Marc Márquez, who was wearing a cast on his right hand, will undergo another medical examination at the Quirón Dexeus clinic in Barcelona to assess the real extent of his injury.
Márquez suffered a crash on the second lap of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix in which he literally took the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia RS-GP) ahead of him, who, after going through the circuit clinic, was declared fit because he did not appreciate no type of injury.
New victory for Bagnaia and Marc Márquez “la lía”
The Italian Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP23) and the Spanish Pedro Acosta (Kalex) and Daniel Holgado (KTM) became the first winners of the 2023 season by claiming victory in their respective categories at the Portuguese Grand Prix of motorcycling disputed at the Portimao circuit.
The Spaniard Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V), “tangled” her in the first laps of the race with the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia RS-GP) and although he wanted to act as a “local idol” and pulled hard to try to break the group from the beginning, but in turn three of the third lap the Repsol Honda rider tried to overtake Jorge Martín on the inside, went wide, and collided with the Portuguese from behind, who went violently to the ground, while Martín was able to dodge the situation but lost many positions (sixteenth).
With Márquez, whose incident put the Race Direction immediately under investigation -later he had a meeting with Marc Márquez-, and Oliveira out of the race, “Pecco” Bagnaia managed a few meters ahead of another Spaniard, Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP). , who benefited from the absences of Marc Márquez, Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Martín.
