MotoGP champion Marquez completes surgery after shoulder fracture

Marc Marquez has successfully undergone an operation on his right shoulder after the 2025 MotoGP world champion sustained a fracture during the Indonesian Grand Prix on 5 October.

The factory Ducati rider’s Mandalika race lasted just seven corners after Marco Bezzecchi misjudged his braking and collided with the back of the GP25 sending both into the gravel trap.

Initial checks at the circuit confirmed a shoulder fracture for Marquez and he has since flown back to his native Spain for a full medical examination and surgery. 

A Ducati statement read “Marc Marquez has undergone a successful operation at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid, Spain.

“The same medical team who had examined him seven days earlier found that the coracoid fracture and ligament damage were not showing sufficient signs of stabilisation after a week of being immobilised.

“Therefore, given the risk of residual instability, it was decided to go ahead with surgical stabilisation and repair the acromioclavicular ligaments.

Marc Marquez, Ducati Team

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“Surgery was one of the options considered by doctors from the outset in the event that the planned conservative treatment failed.

“In any case, Marc Marquez, who is already at home, will continue his recovery process, and his progress will determine the timing of his return to racing competition.”

It is not yet known when Marquez will return to racing, but he will skip at least the next two rounds in Australia this weekend and Malaysia the following week.

The 32-year-old will be replaced by test rider Michele Pirro for Philip Island, but the 69-time MotoGP starter has not been confirmed for Malaysia.

There are four rounds left in the 2025 campaign in which Marquez has already clinched his seventh MotoGP crown, having dominated the year winning 11 of 18 grands prix.