The six-time MotoGP world champion experienced a horrific highside crash in the final stages of Sunday morning warm-up on the Mandalika International Street Circuit as the dogs of his Honda slipped through the Turn 7 right hand side.
Marquez was taken to hospital after the crash for careful checks and was ruled out of the race after suffering a concussion.
While Honda’s first word was that he had not suffered any serious injuries, it has now emerged that Marquez once again damaged a nerve in his eye and suffered from double vision.
This problem has excluded him from the last two rounds of 2021, when he was left behind after a training break with a concussion, while his career in 2011 was called into question when he first set his eyes on a Moto2 crash in Malaysia. damaged.
On the flight back from Indonesia, Marquez began to suffer more problems with his vision and immediately went for checks in Barcelona, where a new case of diplopia was diagnosed.
Marquez has said on social media that this case of diplomacy is “less difficult” than it was in November.
A short post reads: “It seems that I am experiencing déjà vu … During the trip back to Spain I started to have discomfort with my vision, and we decided to visit Dr. Sanchez Dalmau, who confirmed that I had a new have episode of diplopia.
“Fortunately, it’s less severe than the injury I had at the end of last year. But now it’s time to rest and wait to see how the injury develops. As always, a big thank you to everyone for your help. Support !! “
His ophthalmologist Dr. Sanchez Dalmau says Marquez will perform a check-up next weekend to assess the evolution of the injury to determine a recovery time.
He was sidelined for three months that last time he struggled with double vision problems. His participation next week Argentina GP is currently in doubt.
“The neuro-ophthalmological evaluation that Marc Marquez did on Monday after the head injury at the Indonesian Grand Prix shows a new episode of diplopia caused by a recurrence of paralysis of the fourth right nerve, with less involvement than the one in the Injury occurred in November 2021, “said Dr. Dalmau.
“After this examination, it was initially decided to pursue a conservative treatment with periodic medical tests.
“Next week, Marc Marquez will undergo a new check-up to assess the evolution of the injury and predict the estimated recovery period to get back into competition.”
Honda will now no doubt engage in deep discussions with MotoGP tire supplier Michelin about its decision to use a tire construction that was not driven four years before the Indonesian GP.
After problems with blowers in the February pre-season test in Mandalika, Michelin decided to bring the old tire carcass – which is much stiffer – to combat the extreme heat of Indonesia.
While most felt the grip that the old tire offered was less than the standard 2022 construction, they did not suffer too many problems.
However, Honda was badly affected by a lack of back grip, with HRC riders suffering a lot of rear-wheel drive during the sessions.
In qualifying, Marquez fell twice as he pushed the front end of his bike – which was overloaded by the lack of grip on the old tire.
Pol Espargaro said Michelin’s solution to the problems of the test tires was “unfair” to Honda, which passed the Mandalika test on the standard 2022 tires at the top of the 2022 tires, and feared that he the race would not finish because of how much load is put on the front. Tires.
Marquez’s warming crash was indicative of Honda’s back grip problems in the mandalika.
“We still do not quite understand what happened and we need to have a deep discussion with Michelin about the tire situation,” said Honda boss Alberto Puig.
“From very quickly a month ago to the situation we were in this weekend, it is very difficult for our riders and it is difficult to be consistent and confident. Overall, we can not be happy.”
Michelin insisted “there was no problem” with the tires they brought to the Indonesian GP and that it was simply a case that teams needed to find the right settings for their bikes because the actual connections were the same as used in the test .
“Now we have the data of the weekend and it’s clear there was no problem, it was just a matter of working to find the right squad,” Michelin boss Piero Tarramso said after the race.
“I just want to clarify because I heard of tires four or five years ago, but that’s not the case: it was a type of construction we used before, but the connections were the same as in the test.
“Today, we have four carcass designs in our range, two standard and two designed to withstand high temperatures.
“And these two we will use when we think it is essential to provide drivers with more safety, because for us safety comes before performance.”
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