{"id":666085,"date":"2026-05-12T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/666085\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:38:08","slug":"ducati-confirms-line-up-plans-for-barcelona-motogp-with-marc-marquez-absent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/666085\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducati confirms line-up plans for Barcelona MotoGP with Marc Marquez absent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ducati has confirmed that it will not field a replacement for Marc Marquez at this weekend\u2019s Catalan Grand Prix, following his recent surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning world champion fractured his right foot in a heavy crash during the sprint race last weekend at the French Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>He was ruled out of Sunday\u2019s race and confirmed he would not ride this weekend in Barcelona in order to undergo surgery on his foot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> then revealed he was bringing forward an operation on the shoulder he injured last October, having struggled with the nerve in his right arm due to a damaged piece of metalwork.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard underwent a successful operation on his foot and shoulder on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/ducati-lenovo-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ducati<\/a> is under no obligation to field a replacement for Marquez this weekend in Barcelona, though it will have to do so if his absence stretches to multiple rounds.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement, Ducati said it will not be replacing Marquez in Barcelona, with Pecco Bagnaia scheduled to be the factory team\u2019s sole representative.<\/p>\n<p>Ducati have no explanation for its decision not to field test rider Michele Pirro in his place.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Pirro now fully focused on the development of Ducati\u2019s 850cc 2027 bike, there is little to be gained by him taking part in the Catalan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Ducati World Superbike star Nicolo Bulega is racing in Czechia this weekend and is therefore not available.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Though unlikely, Ducati\u2019s decision does leave the door open for Marquez to attempt to ride in Friday practice in Barcelona if he is fit enough.<\/p>\n<p>Following his surgery, Ducati gave no timeline for when it expected Marquez to return, though it is hoped he will be back for the Italian Grand Prix at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday at the French Grand Prix prior to his operation, Ducati team boss Davide Tardozzi said: \u201cMarc will not participate in next week&#8217;s Catalan GP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole Ducati Lenovo Team sends him their best wishes. We couldn&#8217;t agree more on this: his health remains the priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ducati has confirmed that it will not field a replacement for Marc Marquez at this weekend\u2019s Catalan Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,8456,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-666085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}