Marc Marquez Must Return To Surgery, Espargaro: Honda Is In Trouble

Marc Marquez (Photo: Instagram @hrc_motogp)

JAKARTA - Ahead of the 2022 Italian MotoGP, bad news came from Marc Marquez. Marquez is known to have undergone surgery again and has been absent for a long time. Regarding this condition, Pol Espargaro as Marquez's teammate said that this would be a problem for Honda.

Marc Marquez has decided to undergo a fourth operation to restore a broken right arm in 2020. The operation will be carried out by Marquez in the United States after the Italian MotoGP.

For teammate Pol Espargaro, losing Marquez is bad news for Honda. In addition to losing the mainstay racer, Espargaro also had to use new components, namely the chassis and swing arm of the Honda motorcycle that would be used in the Italian MotoGP.

"The problem is that I haven't been able to test the new parts that have been tested by Marc and 'Taka', so I don't know which direction they are going. I know that Marc uses a different chassis and swing arm than me," said Pol Espargaro, quoted from Motosan, Sunday, May 29.

Although Marquez's absence made him nervous, Espargaro still hopes that the new part of the Honda motorcycle will not make it difficult for him at the Mugello Circuit in the race on Sunday 29 May at 19.00 WIB.

"I depend on Honda, but the problem is that I haven't started testing the new chassis and swing arm yet," said Espargaro.

Let's hope the pieces arrive and I can start helping in the evolution of the bikes we have today," Espargaro added.

On the other hand, although he has decided to return to undergo surgery, Marc Marquez will still appear in the 2022 Italian MotoGP, starting from 12th position. Whereas before this, The Baby Alien also had a terrible accident while undergoing qualification until his motorbike caught fire.