{"id":698301,"date":"2026-05-27T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698301\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:35:10","slug":"marc-marquez-proceeding-with-caution-ahead-of-mugello-motogp-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698301\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez \u201cproceeding with caution\u201d ahead of Mugello MotoGP return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Marquez says that he is \u201cproceeding with all due caution\u201d ahead of a planned MotoGP return at Mugello this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning champion skipped the recent Catalunya round after fracturing his foot in the Le Mans Sprint race.<\/p>\n<p>That injury also prompted Marquez to bring forward a \u2018secret\u2019 shoulder operation to relieve a compressed radial nerve in his arm.<\/p>\n<p>Pending a medical check on Thursday, the Spaniard will now be back on track for Ducati&#8217;s home event, where he took a double victory last season.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1310409_hires_1600x900_0.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Marc Marquez, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recovery is progressing as planned, I&#8217;ve gone back to training normally over the last few days and I will be on track mainly to test my actual feelings and physical condition aboard the Desmosedici GP,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez <\/a>said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth surgeries went well, but we are proceeding with all due caution and with the final medical checks at the track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMugello is an incredible track, to be honest also a very demanding one, but the support of all the Ducatisti will be an extra motivational booster to do well&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1316283_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Pecco Bagnaia, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>Before Marquez\u2019s 2025 sweep, team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911999\/francesco-bagnaia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pecco Bagnaia<\/a> had won his home Italian round for the previous three seasons.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Italian GP at Mugello is always a special moment of the season,\u201d Bagnaia said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere isn&#8217;t much to say about the track, it&#8217;s one of the most beautiful on the calendar, one of those where going fast truly gives you that little something extra. Then there&#8217;s the support and affection of the fans, an incredible energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bagnaia completed a dramatic Catalunya event with Ducati Lenovo\u2019s first podium of the season, despite a heavy impact on his wrist and neck during Johann Zarco\u2019s Turn 1 accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m ready and we keep working hard with the whole Team. I can&#8217;t wait to get on track: the podium in Barcelona, post-race, was a peculiar feeling, but it was needed for all the crew, especially after a day like the last Sunday with so many incidents,\u201d Bagnaia said.<\/p>\n<p>The factory Ducati duo will start the weekend just eighth and ninth, respectively, in the world championship standings.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez says that he is \u201cproceeding with all due caution\u201d ahead of a planned MotoGP return at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17197,8456,7607,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-698301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-francesco-bagnaia","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\/698301","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=698301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}