Marc Márquez flies to Qatar to get vaccinated against Covid and his return is closer | MotoGP

Dorna, the organizing company of the Motorcycle World Championship, reached an agreement with the state of Qatar to immunize its entire grid with the Pzifer vaccine between Friday and Saturday. For this reason, after receiving medical discharge, Marc Márquez took an express flight to Doha this Saturday to join the Covid vaccination campaign. The 28-year-old pilot’s idea is to get vaccinated in Qatar and then return to Spain to continue your recovery. However, the fact that the rider has traveled to Doha seems to indicate that Marc Márquez plans to get back on the bike in Qatar, where the first two World Championship races will be held, both at the Losail Circuit. Although it is not known if he will participate in the first Grand Prix, which will take place between March 26 and 28, that of Cervera is on the provisional list of participants for the first race. It should be remembered that last season Marc Márquez remained unpublished in 2020 after falling in the first race of the World Cup and fracturing his humerus. The eighth champion suffered several relapses throughout the season and had to be operated on up to three times, the last of them in Madrid last December.Marquez’s recovery and his goal in 2021Marquez’s discharge, according to the statement published by Honda, will allow the rider “to intensify the program of recovery of strength and mobility with a view to progressively returning to riding competitively”, which is why he will return to Spain after being vaccinated to finalize his set-up. Marc Márquez himself clarified: “It is the first time in my career that I have been away for 10 months and we will see if I am 100% when I return. You cannot expect to arrive after a year of injury and be the same as before.You have to understand it. It will be difficult to be 100% and we will see if it takes a race or two to take shape. My goal for 2021 is to get back on the bike and enjoy. ”Quarantine exemptions in Qatar Although a normal traveler must remain in quarantine for seven days upon arrival in Qatar, MotoGP riders are exempt from doing so. Marc Márquez will only have to present a negative PCR (maximum 72 hours) at the airport and pass another PCR upon arrival, having to be confined to the hotel until he receives the test result by mail. If this is negative, Márquez can go out to get Pzifer’s vaccine against Covid. Spaniard Carmelo Ezpeleta, who is the director of Dorna, wanted to thank the Qatari government this Friday for having offered the Covid vaccine to all members from the paddock: “Since 2004 Qatar has been part of the World Championship and since 2007 it has had the first Grand Prix of the year. It has become a tradition and everyone is very happy to start there “, he began by saying.” This year, thanks to the fact that the relationship between the Government and Dorna has always been fantastic, and because of the situation and that it is difficult to go to the GP of America, we decided to propose to the authorities of Qatar to organize two consecutive Grand Prix in Losail and do all the training sessions here ”, Carmelo Ezpeleta continued. “The government of Qatar, where the vaccination program is going so well, then offered us the opportunity to vaccinate the paddock and that is something incredible for us. The whole MotoGP family appreciates it very much. I want to take this opportunity to thank the government of Qatar ”, he concluded.Formula 1 refuses to be vaccinated As has happened in MotoGP, the government of Bahrain has offered the Covid vaccine to the Grand Circus of Formula 1, which has posed an ethical dilemma for its leaders. “Due to the time scale of the This year’s Formula 1 event, including testing, the vast majority of participants will be present in Bahrain for a period of three weeks prior to the race. This, in turn, provides a unique opportunity to offer additional protection to those who wish to take advantage of the vaccination opportunity ”, stated the Ministry of Health. However, this proposal was declined by not wanting favorable treatment. According to a Formula 1 spokesperson to British journalist Adam Cooper: “As an organization based in the United Kingdom, Formula 1 does not plan to be vaccinated as a travel group prior to the vaccination process of the UK health system.” This message coincided with the statements that Stefano Domenicali, director of Formula 1, had made weeks ago.