After Marc Marquez crashed in the MotoGP Indonesia sprint race last year, which forced him to miss the rest of the 2025 season due to a fracture in his right shoulder, he underwent his sixth surgery on his right arm since 2020. After his crash in last weekend's French MotoGP sprint race, he underwent his seventh right arm operation.
Although the Spaniard recovered from his 2025 injury in time to face pre-season testing in Sepang, and lined up for the first races of the year, something was tormenting him. The reigning world champion complained that he could not adopt the ideal position to handle the power of his Ducati GP26.
