How is Marc Márquez? After Silverstone, the situation for the MotoGP champion is clear

What happened at Silverstone, and based on what emerged from the content "INSIDE Ducati Lenovo Team" published by the Borgo Panigale factory on its own YouTube channel, has logically sounded like an alarm bell to most regarding Marc Marquez’s physical condition.

In reality, when you put everything into context, faithfully reflect what those directly involved have stated, and take into account the publicly known facts, there’s nothing new. To see the 9-time World Champion back at his best physically, we’ll have to wait a couple of months—just in time for the MotoGP 2026 final rush.

A common thread runs through all recent public statements. "Marc Marquez is at 70% fitness: the 100% will come between September and October," Ducati management have repeatedly and clearly emphasized. That’s the situation. The surgery this past May entails this timeline. To fully regain muscle mass and strength in the right shoulder and arm for riding a MotoGP bike, it’s necessary to wait a little longer.

What emerged from the aforementioned latest episode of "INSIDE Ducati Lenovo Team," a piece of content that was preemptively and appropriately supervised and approved by those responsible, nonetheless shows Marc Marquez exclaiming at the end of the long race at Silverstone, "I had no control in my right arm." That may sound alarming, but it actually symbolizes precisely that "70%" fitness level. It’s not a relapse of arm issues stemming from the most recent ordeal that began in Mandalika last year.

Setting aside a Sprint to forget, which was affected by a softer tire with a stiffer carcass that caused problems for one-third of the grid (and which Marc Marquez, after 3 laps, had already unfortunately burned through), the Silverstone weekend was, from the outset, considered a tricky event by the man himself. With potential "from 5th to 7th place," meaning behind the four Aprilias (unreachable over the weekend in pure speed terms), while battling with his brother Alex and Fabio Di Giannantonio. The lack of concern about possible relapses is evident from the fact that, within 72 hours of the long race at Silverstone, the 9-time World Champion was back training—moreover with the Ducati Desmo450 MX motocross bike. Something that, no later than this past June, he couldn’t even do.