Marc Marquez broke the metal plate in his arm “opening a window” team manager Alberto Puig has revealed.
Marquez had to undergo a second surgery on his broken arm on Monday, his Repsol Honda team confirmed, but no details were provided as to how the plate had been damaged, with the team only stating “an accumulation of stress” as the reason.
On Thursday Puig confirmed that the plate inserted following his Jerez crash, which was secured with 12 screws, had to be replaced after Marquez “opened a window”.
“It was a domestic accident this time because he was trying to open a window and he suddenly felt a lot of pain,” Puig said ahead of this weekend’s Czech Republic Grand Prix, which Marquez will miss.
“Later we could check that the plate was broken. This was probably caused after all the stress that he had in the arm. But we went to Jerez because the doctors gave the okay to do it and they never informed us that the plate could have broken.
“If we had this info probably, he would not have gone to Jerez or Honda would not have given him the chance to ride.”
Marquez attempted to take part in the second Jerez race, but was unable to ride through the pain and sat the event out.
“Racing is a dangerous sport, but this thing didn’t happen in Jerez. It happened in his house. So if you look at it this way, no,” Puig replied when asked if it was a big risk riding in Jerez.
“But it’s true that when you have surgery and you stress some of the injured parts, clearly it’s more stressful than doing nothing. But a professional sportsman is paid to perform and that’s what he tried.
“The positive point is that it happened in his house and not at Brno or Austria on the bike, which could have had massive consequences if he had another crash. From now on we will have to keep checking the development of his fracture and only time will tell when he can return.”
Marquez is continuing to recover at home and looks set to miss the next round in Austria after this weekend’s Brno round, but could return for the second Styrian GP or more likely Misano in September.
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