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It is fair to assume that reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has had a rollercoaster of an opening week to the season.
After a strong start from the outset Marquez put his Repsol Honda in first for FP1 on the Friday and keeping it on the front row in P3 in qualifying.
Then came Sunday, where the madness started.
After a strong start to the race Marquez found himself in a very familiar position, leading out front.
Then as it is weirdly common to expect from a rider in MotoGP, the cameras cut to a shot of him riding through the gravel after saving a moment mid-corner that sent him to the back of the pack.
After getting himself back on track, the iconic Marquez that has entertained for so long came to the forefront.
Showing yet again much superior race pace in comparison to everybody else he cut his way through the field as if it was nothing getting himself back into a podium position with six laps to go.
This lasted four corners.
After passing Jack Miller at the final corner it took until turn three for Marquez to have a spectacular high-side that saw him rolling violently through the gravel getting hit by his riderless bike in the process.
In an instant it was clear not everything was alright as he had fractured his humerus and needed to have surgery that would not come until two days later.
Once this had become announced it was expected that Marquez would miss a number of races in a shortened calendar that would really hurt his championship chances.
Then believe the impossible. The surgery went “spectacularly well” and not five days after the accident Marquez is back on his bike for FP1 at the same track.
Marquez has broken too many records to count in MotoGP and still has plenty of years to break what is left of other records. Not only this but the man has now defied logic having the quickest recovery you have ever seen from a fractured arm.
Marc Marquez is something else, enough said.
Sports Insider by Gerren Scapens 