Marc Marquez almost 100% fit and ready for Misano GP

It looks like Marc Marquez will not be taking part in the ‘Spurtleda’ charity event on Wednesday as the Repsol Honda rider has decided to arrive at Misano a little later than usual, in order to continue undergoing physiotherapy on his shoulder.

Marquez dislocated his shoulder at Silverstone during warm-up practice, and he also sustained some light ligament damage that didn’t him from battling with Jorge Lorenzo on the final lap of the British GP, come second just a heartbeat away from the Yamaha rider, but still keep a firm grip on the championship title standings.

Fortunately for Marquez his crashes so far has left him with very few injuries - an abrasion on his chin at Mugello and a fractured toe and little finger at Assen - nothing compared to Jorge Lorenzo’s and Dani Pedrosa’s fractured collarbones.

“I’m already feeling much better since my accident in Silverstone, so hopefully I’ll be almost 100% by this weekend!” said Marquez. “I will arrive in Italy for the race weekend a little later than usual as I will use the time to have more physiotherapy on my shoulder. Misano has a lot of braking and is a smaller and slower track compared to others on the calendar, so it will be interesting to ride the MotoGP bike there. Once again, the aim is to start to work like always, focused on Sunday and prepare ourselves in the best way.”

Dani Pedrosa is still second in the standings, 30-points behind his team mate heading into this weekend’s Misano round, the scene where he suffered a massive screw-up on the Misano starting grid, due to a tire warmer jamming under the front wheel, that forced him to start from the back and then Hector Barbera wiped him out at turn 6, giving his 2012 title chances a massive blow.

I was slightly disappointed after Silverstone as we knew we had the speed and race pace to challenge for victory, anyway we must learn from the mistakes and move on,” commented Pedrosa. “Misano is quite a tricky track and the grip level is always a challenge, but I enjoy riding there. I’ve had good results in the past even if last year we experienced a nightmare on race day! This year we arrive confident and looking to reduce the points to Marc in the Championship.”

from TWOWHEELSBLOG