Marquez fears 'something is broken' as world champion hurt in crash / Photo: © AFP
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Marquez fears 'something is broken' as world champion hurt in crash
Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez fears "something is broken" after being shunted off his Ducati at high speed on the first lap of the Indonesia MotoGP on Sunday.
The incident happened when Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi, who started the race on pole, slammed into the back of him as he tried to regain lost ground at the Mandalika circuit in Lombok.
It sent both riders flying into the gravel and rookie Fermin Aldeguer went on to win a chaotic grand prix.
Marquez and Italian Bezzecchi both walked gingerly away from the crash, but the Spanish seven-time world champion was clutching his shoulder.
Marquez "suffered an injury to his right collarbone" and will fly to Madrid for medical tests, his Ducati team said on social media, with fears he may have a fracture.
"Something is broken, I can feel," the 32-year-old said in a video released by the official MotoGP site.
"This is racing and these things happen," he added.
"It's true that this time it was not my mistake... already Marco Bezzecchi came to me and said sorry.
"Unlucky for me... we will go back to Madrid, listen to what the doctors have to say and then try to recover in a good way as soon as possible."
Marquez tweeted a picture of himself with his arm and shoulder in a sling.
He has a long history of injuries, including breaking his right arm in 2020, almost forcing him to hang up his helmet.
He put all that aside this season to clinch his seventh world title in dominant fashion.
He sealed the world crown at Motegi in Japan last weekend with five events to spare.
It was his first MotoGP world title since 2019.
K.Thomson--BTB
