Marc Marquez out of Valencia MotoGP and Test
Rennie Scaysbrook | November 9, 2021
Marc Marquez will miss the season-ending Valencia MotoGP this weekend and the crucial IRTA test scheduled for November 18-19 due to the lingering effects of his enduro crash that ruled him out of last weekend’s Portimao race.
Marquez crashed his enduro bike earlier the previous week and suffered a concussion, which has now morphed into double vision (diplopia). This is a similar problem to what he experienced in 2011, when he crashed out of practice in Malaysia and the subsequent double vision meant he lost the Moto2 title to Stefan Bradl.
Below is the full press release from Repsol Honda.
Marquez’s injury is of great concern as it’s the same one he suffered in 2011, when he Spaniard feared he would have permanent eyesight damage following his Malaysian crash.
The Repsol Honda Team rider will not participate in the Valencia Grand Prix this coming weekend, nor in the IRTA Jerez Test scheduled for November 18 and 19.
After Marc Marquez underwent a medical examination at the Dexeus Clinic in Barcelona last Tuesday, in which he was evaluated after a fall while practicing off-road, the rider has been resting all week at his home in Cervera.
During these days of rest, Marc has continued to feel unwell and has suffered from vision problems, which is why this Monday he was visited by the ophthalmologist Dr. Sánchez Dalmau at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, who examined him and performed the tests, which detected a new episode of diplopia.
“The examination carried out on Marc Marquez today after the accident that occurred has confirmed that the rider has diplopia and has revealed a paralysis of the fourth right nerve with involvement of the right superior oblique muscle,” said Dr. Dalmau. “A conservative treatment with periodic updates has been chosen to follow with the clinical evolution. This fourth right nerve is the one that was already injured in 2011.”
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