Alex Marquez has spoken of Marc Marquez’s horrific crash during the French Grand Prix sprint race at Le Mans, ruling the incident ‘pure bad luck’.
Mark Marquez Saturday afternoon was a rollercoaster. French Grand Prix. The factory after failing to enter Q2 after the pre-qualifying practice session on Friday Ducati Star laid down the gauntlet in Q1 to set a new lap record at Le Mans.
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However, the ensuing sprint race ended in disaster. Running in P7 after a good start off the line, Márquez suffered a nasty climb in the 11th lap of the season finale.
The crash sent him airborne and onto his head, and the world champion has now ruled out the weekend and the Catalan Grand Prix due to a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot.
Alex Marquez has put down Marc Marquez’s brutal crash in the Le Mans Sprint to ‘bad luck’.
33 year old brother, Alex Marquezended up taking the checkered flag in the Sprint P8 on Saturday afternoon. He had a front row view of the dramatic sight of the Ducati star as he was two places behind him at the time of the crash.
Following the conclusion of his trial at Le Mans, he gave his thoughts on the brutality at stake in his older brother. Speaking through MotosanMarquez said: “He lost his front end.
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“Usually it’s a clean crash, with no serious consequences, like Pedro Acosta had yesterday at that location.
But the bike was unlucky as it gripped the ground again, suddenly losing grip and rolling away. It was bad luck, the outside line here at Le Mans is very slippery, there is a place to slide and grab.
MotoGP pundit Neil Hodgson immediately gave the verdict ‘enough’ Following the incident on Marquez. The Spaniard has been in and out of the medical center since the start of the 2026 campaign, which raises the question of how many more risks he can take.
Marc Marquez is already planning to have surgery after the French GP weekend
After a visit to a medical center in a French GP paddock, Marquez revealed that he had already planned to have surgery. Due to injury during the season between Le Mans and Barcelona.
The Spaniard revealed that he had convinced himself that he would have no problem competing in the premier class this season after suffering a fractured collarbone at the Mandalika round of his 2025 title-winning campaign.
But in 2020, he visited the doctors to reveal that a screw inserted during the tragic accident had loosened and was putting pressure on the radial nerve in his right hand.
It’s another injury setback for the world champion whose future has been on the line in recent months. It remains to be seen how Marquez handles this, especially given his history of coming back from injury so quickly.
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