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Not sure how accurate but I’ve seen something saying that it’s a compound fracture of the right arm. They showed the replay a few times and you could see his right arm flapping about, so I wouldn’t be surprised.
Compound means open/through the skin. If it hasn’t pierced the leathers it won’t be contaminated possibly allowing early primary closure, as was the case with Valentino’s compound leg fracture in 2010.
I doubt even he wins the title in a 13 race season with such an injury. Might be better in the long term than a shoulder injury, bones heal.
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Crash is reporting that it is a broken humerus, nothing about it being compound
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/940145/1/marc-marquez-confirmed-fractured-arm-undergo-surgery
https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2020...ffers-fractured-humerus-in-jerez-crash/334185
this report makes it sounds even worse...worse case it ends his career really....
He wont be racing next week....and he tries he will just put himself and other at risk....
Everyone's luck run out at sometime....taking this season easy would not be worse thing for him....or for his career.
Speedy recovery to him!
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His best option might be to get ready for next season, treat each weekend as a test almost. If he scores 0 in 2 races he would think he would have to win just about every race remaining to have a shot at a title. Of course a lot can still happen, but it would have to almost be impossible even in the best case scenario of a quick return.
This is a horrible injury. Looks like there is high risk of complications. They are delaying the surgery to observe and assess the soft tissue damage. Reports that there is a risk of partial paralysis. My fingers are crossed the situation improves.
Just awful. He's got a gift no other rider has ever had, but its clearly also a curse. The ability to conjure up the miracles he performs, its always going to be a double edged sword. What he did on lap 6 was something so clearly special it is difficult to even describe. But these bikes, they are never going to be tamed.
Just awful. He's got a gift no other rider has ever had, but its clearly also a curse. The ability to conjure up the miracles he performs, its always going to be a double edged sword. What he did on lap 6 was something so clearly special it is difficult to even describe. But these bikes, they are never going to be tamed.
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Living the dream in Scotland
Horrible crash today for Marky Mark, he has done incredibly well not to have really hurt himself on track up til now. Not good at all. Fabio is the real deal, nothing to prove, keep taking the fight to the front! Cal, why do you make it so hard to be a fan????? Rossi, it's time dude, if you had kept the head in 2015, you could have vowed out on a high. It's getting painful now.
Oh aye, hello again fae Scotland!
Oh aye, hello again fae Scotland!
Just watched it, well deserved victory for Fabio. Overshadowed by the mother of all saves and almost comeback from 93. It was sublimely spectacular. Puzzled by the second crash, camera angle doesn’t seem to give any hint.
He was already over the limit the corner before. Then attacked the left but took a line marginally too tight, touched the white line/kerb. Pure rider error.
I hope he recovers fully, competing again at this stage is secondary. The doctors seem extremely concerned in the post race interview they gave. A "strange and wierd fracture".
Joined Jun 2007
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I don't buy this whole .... of "he can end his career, paralysis", bla bla, hell, it's just an humerus breaking, nothing special. Who the hell have never had a broken arm bone before on incredible conditions? It's always that awkward feeling "how was it possible ??? I'll never get 100% healed, I'm lost, buaaaa" ...Tuesday surgeon will implant a plate and some screws and sooner than expected the kid will be just racing around as always. I remember both Rossi and Lorenzo racing with a broken leg in less than a month time span, it's not a big deal for these guys. I don't even doubt that he will be almost fully fit up until 1 month, you know, these high level athletes gets on steroids and HR therapies all the time to recover a lot faster.
But the title race is gone, that is for sure. Bad for Marc, good for the show either. It was about time a .... like this would be happening to him, today he has ridden like a mad on cocaine. Remind me Ayrton Senna on his glory days.
He's fast as hell, but sometimes Marc is dumb as hell too. After almost throwing away his race, making such a comeback, the last thing he needed was forcing over the limit on a battered Vinales with 5 laps remaining. Even a 3rd or a 4th place would be such an important result, and next week he could race for the win.
Whatever..as Stoner once said, ambition sometimes outweigh talent.
But the title race is gone, that is for sure. Bad for Marc, good for the show either. It was about time a .... like this would be happening to him, today he has ridden like a mad on cocaine. Remind me Ayrton Senna on his glory days.
He's fast as hell, but sometimes Marc is dumb as hell too. After almost throwing away his race, making such a comeback, the last thing he needed was forcing over the limit on a battered Vinales with 5 laps remaining. Even a 3rd or a 4th place would be such an important result, and next week he could race for the win.
Whatever..as Stoner once said, ambition sometimes outweigh talent.
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He got hit by the bike. Anything can happen then.
He has also finally got bitten bad by that vicious flawed bike. He has been riding around the problems for years, and has quite possibly progressively turned off the electrickery which makes highsides rare these days. As has been said, that looked like a highside from the 80s/early 90s 500 days.
Your views are quite frankly disgusting, to wish such misfortune upon a rider like that. You are certainly no fan of this sport, or its riders for that matter.
Holy ....... who the hell is "wishing misfortune" here? I think that it was supposed to be me having problems with text interpretation here.
You're looking like an eager purple hair gay feminist searching internet for other people's opinions to distort and problematize it.
So you wanna a political rival to play to? It's not me, no way. Go treat yourself dude, you're not well.
You can buy it or not as you like, but the radial nerve can of course be damaged by trauma and runs next to the humerus for part of its course.
Hopefully it is just a neuropraxia/the nerve has taken something of a battering and will recover. Otherwise sure a humeral fracture will heal and might be better than having done further damage to his shoulder, articular cartilage in particular doesn’t heal.
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Thankyou for the benefit of your medical knowledge. Much appreciated [emoji106]
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FNQ
Wow, just wow. Quartararo pops his cherry. Well done lad, shame about marque injury, but he was tempting fate so many times last night, riding like a man possessed. He truly is the class of this era. Hope the injury will allow him to return. Will be difficult, but you can't say the championship is over for him yet. Aside, who are the protagonists? FQ, MV, AD maybe even JM? What happened to Rossi's bike? Didn't hear any mention....
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Australia
That was a wild start to the 2020 season. As it has been mentioned here many times before, the only thing that's going to slow down Marquez is Marquez. I really wanted him to cool down after he somehow made it back into a podium position however like a red flag to a bull I don't think Marquez is capable of anything other than 101% commitment all the time. Here's hoping he has a speedy recovery.
Congrats to Fabio. Even without anyone on his heels those final laps must have had his brain in overdrive considering how close he has come in the past. Shame he didn't have some cheering fans in the grandstands to congratulate him. I highly doubt it will be his last victory though.
Its going to be interesting to see another round at the same track in only 6 days. Unless the weather is radically different I imagine a lot of the riders at the pointy end already have the most of their bike setup already sorted?
Congrats to Fabio. Even without anyone on his heels those final laps must have had his brain in overdrive considering how close he has come in the past. Shame he didn't have some cheering fans in the grandstands to congratulate him. I highly doubt it will be his last victory though.
Its going to be interesting to see another round at the same track in only 6 days. Unless the weather is radically different I imagine a lot of the riders at the pointy end already have the most of their bike setup already sorted?
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