Gresini, Ducati’s satellite team in MotoGP, revealed on Thursday (the 21st), via social media, that Álex Márquez will miss the next two rounds of the championship, the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello and the Hungarian Grand Prix at Balaton Park. The Spaniard is recovering from fractures to his vertebra and right clavicle suffered after the crash during the Catalan Grand Prix, last Sunday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
In the incident, Márquez was contesting the lead of the race with Pedro Acosta when the leading KTM suddenly lost performance. The Gresini rider could not avoid the contact and crashed into the wall on the straight that leads to Turn 10 of the circuit, an incident that destroyed the bike and caused a red flag. After being taken by ambulance to the hospital, Álex was diagnosed with fractures in the C7 vertebra and in the right clavicle.
The rider underwent surgery on Sunday, when a plate was fitted to stabilize the clavicle. With Gresini’s announcement this morning, the expectation is that Álex Márquez will return to the track only at the Czech Grand Prix, scheduled for June 21 at the Brno circuit. The race will mark the ninth round of the 2026 season of the premier class of the World Motorcycle Championship.
The next MotoGP round is scheduled for May 31, with the Italian Grand Prix at the Mugello Circuit.
