Marco Melandri has revealed how he had a ‘secret’ from Ducati ahead of the French Grand Prix sprint crash that forced Marc Marquez to sideline pre-scheduled shoulder surgery.
Mark Marquez Following his crash at the Le Mans Sprint, he has been ruled out of the upcoming Catalan Grand Prix.
Speaking to reporters in the paddock after the injury Marquez said he had already scheduled surgery. To fine tune his skit, which has moved on since last time he went under the knife after a crash at last year’s Indonesian GP.
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The Spaniard has been suffering since the start of his new campaign in early March due to the shoulder injury he suffered on the day, which was evident in the result.
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Marco Melandri said that he did not know about the pre-planned operation of the ‘internal voices’ in Ducati
In the recent Talk from the Box podcastMotoGP researcher Marco Melandri noticed how the Ducati staff were kept in the dark on Marquez’s pre-planned shoulder surgery after the Catalan GP.
After co-host David Valsecchi detailed how he didn’t know Marquez was still suffering from it, the Italian replied: “Yeah, but even the inner voices in the garage don’t seem to know about it, so it’s weird.”
It’s true that riders try to hide things from the team, even negative things, so that they don’t think things are going badly and thus boost their morale. But this is really strange.
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Before the Spanish GP in Jerez, Marquez told the engineers to stop talking about fitness In it Ducati Box. His physical condition has received a lot of attention in the last few months, and the Spaniard seems to be tired of it.
Melandri Marquez made the decision that led to such a violent crash at Le Mans. The five-time grand prix winner described the Spaniard’s braking on the outside edge as his mistake.
He added, “And the crash? In my opinion, you only have to watch the replay from behind. He hit the outside curb brake, he was completely out of line on the white line, lost front-end grip, dropped the front brake and caught it again.”
When he was in front, he was already leaning, in the back, he slipped out, and then he had this powerful height slide.
MotoGP paddock is now convinced that Marc Marquez has passed the best
Marquez’s accident at Le Mans was the third weekend in a row that the world champion has been involved in a high-speed accident and has sent alarm bells ringing throughout the MotoGP paddock.
The Ducati star had a horror FP1 season in Austin and Marquez also crashed out of the Spanish GP following winner Alex Marquez.
It has a recent trend MotoGP paddock insiders agree that it is now past its prime. Although Marquez came back from a previous injury nightmare to win the championship last year in the sport.
Marquez’s absence from the upcoming Catalan GP has already been noticed, leaving him with a big task to defend the title this year.
Following the conclusion of the French Grand Prix, he now sits 71 points behind championship leader Marco Bezecchi.
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