The Repsol Honda rider has been incﷺluded in the provisional ent𓆉ry list for the event whereas, for example, the injured Enea Bastianini has not.

But Marq🌜uez’s return to the bike will be entirely decided by doctors, who blocked his planned comeback last week inꩲ Jerez.

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Marquez explained that the fracture in his hand, and the screws used to fix it, would not have withstood the power of braking 🌼ജa MotoGP bike and might have caused further damage.

Another injury to this delicate bone could hav🗹e ended Marquez’s career, he says.

But two weeks on from that disappointment M🐻arquez will have another shot at returning.

He confirmed in Jerez, as he withdrew, that he would target Le Mans as ♏a more realistic return 🔯date.

The six-time MotoGP champion who entered 2023 injury-free after career-threatening arm surg꧙e꧅ry last summer sustained this latest problem when he crashed into Miguel Oliveira on the third lap of the season-opener at Portimao.

The status of the double lon𒁏g lap p♊enalty he was hit with remains unknown.

The MotoGP Court of Appeals are yet to deliver their fi🦩nal verdict, after Honda complained that the rule had been reworded to force Marquez to serve a penalty whenever he was fit again.

He sits 80 points behind championship-lead🧜er Francesco Bagnaia.

Marquez 🐷spent the weekend before🗹 Le Mans at the Motocross world championship.