Overview

• Medical examinations in Madrid identified a fracture at the base of the coracoid process and a right shoulder ligament injury with no significant bone displacement.
• Doctors Samuel Antuña and Ignacio Roger de Oña ordered a conservative plan of rest and immobilisation with no surgery, supported by weekly check-ups.
• The injury followed a lap-one collision at Mandalika when Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi struck the rear of Márquez’s Ducati, an incident due for stewards’ review in Australia.
• Ducati has not named a replacement for Phillip Island or Sepang, with test rider Michele Pirro reported as the most likely stand-in under current concession limits.
• Márquez says the injury is not severe and he aims to return before season’s end pending medical clearance, with Portugal and Valencia still to come after Sepang.