Why Marquez's surgery is about more than just chasing on-track success
OPINION: Marc Marquez will likely sit out the remainder of the 2022 MotoGP season to undergo a fourth major operation on the right arm he badly broke in 2020. It is hoped it will return him to his brilliant best after a tough start to the season without a podium to his name. But it’s the human victory that will far outweigh any future on-track success he may go on to have
Marc Marquez's announcement last Saturday at the Italian Grand Prix that he will step away from racing in 2022 to have a fourth operation on the right arm he badly broke in his 2020 Spanish Grand Prix crash confirmed speculation he had – to that point – been denying, that such an eventuality was on the horizon.
The truth was a half one. On Thursday at Mugello, the six-time world champion was not about to walk away from the championship to have more surgery. But he had been in consultation about it.
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