Gresini Ducati has confirmed that Alex Marquez will try to journey at this weekend’s German MotoGP.
Alex Marquez will journey to the Sachsenring for a medical take a look at on Thursday, Gresini Racing has confirmed, after which it is going to be decided whether or not the Spanish rider will be capable of journey in Friday’s FP1 session.
Marquez crashed within the Dutch MotoGP simply over per week in the past involved with Pedro Acosta as they entered the again straight.
Marquez’s entrance brake lever was pressed in by Acosta’s knee as they accelerated out of flip 5, and as they turned from left to proper and Marquez’s entrance wheel was loaded his entrance tyre locked and he fell, braking a metacarpal in his left hand.
Ordinarily, a left hand fracture can be much less impactful than a proper hand fracture as a result of proper hand’s duty each for throttle and brake actuation. However the overwhelmingly anticlockwise Sachsenring may current a tougher problem for Marquez’s particular harm with its seven consecutive left-handers in the course of the lap.
Marquez will enter this weekend second within the championship and 68 factors behind eight-time Sachsenring winner Marc Marquez, who has gained each races at every of the previous three MotoGP rounds; but in addition 58 factors forward of Francesco Bagnaia in third place within the riders’ standings.
The 2019 Moto2 World Champion hadn’t completed on the rostrum in Germany till he took third place in final yr’s race after Jorge Martin fell from the lead with two laps to go.
He was, nevertheless, a winner on the Sachsenring en path to that Moto2 title six years in the past.
