Overview
- Ducati has confirmed Marquez will travel to Mugello and must pass a final trackside assessment on Thursday to be cleared to race.
- He fractured his right fifth metatarsal in the Le Mans sprint and used the enforced break to bring forward shoulder surgery to remove screws that were compressing his radial nerve.
- Marquez has completed two weeks of rehabilitation since the operations and appears on the provisional Mugello entry list, but Thursday’s medical decision is required before he can ride.
- Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco are confirmed to miss Mugello, leaving teams to seek substitutes with Ducati considering test rider Michele Pirro and LCR weighing Takaaki Nakagami despite development risks.
- Marquez’s absence has pushed him down to ninth in the championship, about 85 points off the lead, and a cleared return at Mugello — a circuit that suits Ducati — would restore a second factory bike for the team and change weekend dynamics.