Marquez to prepare for 2022 MotoGP
Honda announces that its MotoGP driver Marc Marquez will be ready to prepare for the 2022 season following treatment from a serious injury due to a race crash.
Marc Marquez, whose season came to an early end because of vision problems following a crash, will continue his preparations for the 2022 MotoGP season after reassuring eye tests, his team announced Wednesday.
Honda said Marquez has made "periodic visits to an ophthalmologist to assess the evolution of his vision over the past two months."
"The progress made has been deemed favorable and as a result Marquez will continue with a conservative treatment plan for the next few weeks," Honda added in a statement on their website.
Marc Marquez progresses adequately with diplopia diagnosis
— Repsol Honda Team (@HRC_MotoGP) December 22, 2021
Periodic visits to his trusted ophthalmologist to assess the evolution of his vision over the past two months have deemed the progress made favorable and Marquez will continue his treatment plan.https://t.co/Qf9X9jfhV8 pic.twitter.com/cDjO8ZZnPg
Marquez has been suffering from double vision since an off-road training crash at the end of October.
The 28-year-old six-time MotoGP world champion missed the final two rounds of the season and the Jerez test session in December.
"The situation does not prevent the rider from continuing his physical training plan to prepare himself physically for a new season," Honda said.
Marquez missed the entire 2020 season and the first few races of 2021 due to a serious injury to his right arm sustained in a race crash.
😱 @marcmarquez93 will undergo surgery after this horrendous crash at Jerez!
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) July 19, 2020
We wish the world champion the very best in his recovery! 💪#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/BOSmDo7dfG
Despite continued weakness in the arm, he won three races to finish sixth in the World Championship.