After his serious crash before the Indonesian Grand Prix, six-time MotoGP World Champion Marc Márquez is suffering from double vision for the third time and has to worry more than ever about the continuation of his career.
According to the Honda factory team, the problems began on the return trip to his native Spain. An examination in Madrid found that the so-called diplopia is caused by renewed paralysis of the fourth right optic nerve.
“It was initially decided to pursue conservative treatment with regular medical tests,” said Márquez’s ophthalmologist Bernardo Sanchez Dalmau.
“Luckily it’s not as bad as it was late last year. But now it’s time to rest and see how it develops,” Marquez wrote on Twitter. The racer is due to undergo another physical exam next week. Then the doctors want to evaluate the development and make a forecast for the estimated downtime.
“No, not again”
“No, not again,” wrote Honda test driver Stefan Bradl on Twitter, wishing Marquez a “speedy recovery” and “only the best, buddy.”
Eight-time motorcycle world champion Márquez fell heavily on Sunday during warm-up on the new Pertamina Mandalika Circuit, suffered a concussion and was banned from the start. “It was a really bad fall, maybe one of the worst I’ve ever had,” said the 29-year-old afterwards.
At the end of last season, Márquez suffered from double vision after a training fall with a cross machine and was out. A career end was then in the meantime in the room. The problem first appeared after a crash in the 2011 season.