Dani Pedrosa was at a loss for words after watching Marc Marquez suffer in a powerful top position during the sprint race at the French Grand Prix.
With two laps to go, Marquez He peaked at 13 and destroyed his Desmosedici GP26. The Spaniard was later confirmed to have suffered a fractured right leg as he wandered away from the accident.
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Subsequently, in the year Ducati He misses the rider French Grand Prix And the Catalan Grand Prix next weekend. Marquez will undergo further surgery over his right shoulder saying he’s still giving me trouble.
The shocking picture of the accident shocked many people. Among them is his former Honda teammate. PedrosaThe lost to explain the accident.
Dani Pedrosa ‘speechless’ after watching Marc Marquez crash at Sprint Le Mans
Assessing the risk, Pedrosa spoke through quotes on DAZN GPON: “From the photo, I felt that Mark was about a centimeter wide on the entry, this time he did a lot of braking.
“That’s where the loss of grip comes from: the loss of traction, going over the curb or the white line, causing it to crash.
“The last fall left us speechless. It was amazing. The first thing we saw was that it got back up and got smaller and smaller and harder. That’s a bad sign.”
Pedrosa also wasn’t running at normal speed even before the Ducati rider fell in the closing stages.
Once the race started, he could not react to the competitors passing him. He stayed behind the scenes for a long time, unable to play the cards we were used to seeing him play.
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With Marquez now set to miss the next two races, many believe his 2026 title chances are now over. He is 51 points ahead of championship leader Marco Bezecchi from the French GP.
Neil Hodgson thinks Marquez is ‘done’ This season in a title fight. As the Aprilias continued to show impressive pace, the Spaniard looked unlikely to regain the advantage.
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There are also doubts whether he will fully recover from the accident. ‘Enough is enough,’ Hodgson told Marquez. As his body suffered another terrible injury.
Marquez’s recovery is expected to be short, but the impact of the accident on his driving skills is noticeable. For the Spaniard to defend his MotoGP crown is now an even bigger mountain to climb.
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