Marc Marquez says his recovery from shoulder surgery will take “all the winter” and faces a race against time to be 🌟fully fit for the Sepang shakedown test in early February.

The reigning MotoGP world ch🅘ampion successfully underwent left shoulder surgery yꦬesterday less than one week after completing the final post-season test in Jerez. The operation, performed by MotoGP’s Dr Mir, will aim to fix the Repsol Hond🎉a rider’s recurring shoulder dislocation injury.

Speaking before his operation at the Jerez test, Marquez predicted his recovery will take all winteཧr,🎶 with Repsol Honda confirming a six-week recovery timeframe post-operation, and remains uncertain if he’ll be “100%” fit for the opening 2019 test at Sepang on February 1-3.

“Recovery [will take] all the winter,” Marquez said. “Becau🎐se it's a long recovery, and ♒I will not arrive at Malaysia maybe 100%, it will be tight.

“So all the winter will be concentrated on my shoulder, and then I will have all of February 𒅌and March to work about my physical condition.”

Marquez suffered two sh꧋oulder dislocations across the final rounds of the 2018 MotoGP campaign – during his title celebrations at Motegi being congratulated by Scott Redding and in his qualifying crash at Valencia – which made surgery a priority to avoid furth💫er injuries.