The third free trainings of the Spanish GP they ended up with a serious scare of Marc Márquez, which made you fear the worst. The Spanish pilot suffered a strong accident when he was facing the final stretch of the session, and the ghosts of the injury returned that caused him to miss the entire 2020 season.
It happened at turn 7 of the Jerez circuit, a very fast to the right. Marquez came to about 180 km / h when his Honda ran out of front when braking to trace, which heHe sent straight to the long gravel escape. Such was his speed that he hit violently against protections.
NOOO! 😟 Very hard fall of @ marcmarquez93 when I was about to finish FP3! 😕
He ended up colliding with the protections of turn 7 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #MotoGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/asyr3rIF7Q
– DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) May 1, 2021
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Everyone in the Repsol Honda box held their breath, while Márquez got up with his head down and touching his injured arm, although in the end it was less serious than it seemed.
The relief of seeing Márquez going into the box on his own feet was immediately apparent. However, and for rule out possible parallel injuries, he went immediately to the medical center of the Cadiz track accompanied by the doctor Angel Chartre, MotoGP medical officer, where he was checked. To show that everything had been scared, it was Márquez himself who took the doctor on the scooter.
Once that check-up had passed, any serious injury and only a concussion from the blow were ruled out.
After his medical check, @ marcmarquez93 has no major injuries suffering only a contusion.
– Repsol Honda Team (@HRC_MotoGP) May 1, 2021
Hunted by DAZN as soon as he left to see the doctors, he has reassured everyone: “Everything is fine, just a scare.” However, to rule out any type of ailment or complication in their injury, they have preferred evacuate him to the Jerez hospital for a control CT scan. “He has a large cervical and back contusion, and I prefer to do a follow-up test,” Dr. Chartre wrote.
After returning from the hospital, before FP4, Márquez was declared fit and will play the rest of the weekend as normal. In that same FP4, his partner Pol Espargaro he also suffered a fall at the same point.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING !? 😨 Fall of @polespargaro on the same curve as @ marcmarquez93!
The two HRC pilots have gone to the ground at the same point #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #MotoGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/QZ7frhUre9
– DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) May 1, 2021
Fortunately for him, despite the violence of the coup, he did not have major problems, apart from the fright.