Marc Márquez will not be in the Jerez test before returning to Portugal | MotoGP

Marc Márquez is ready to return this weekend at the Portuguese Grand Prix, on April 18, almost nine months after that fateful crash in Jerez. Precisely at the Jerez circuit will take place this week, from Monday to Wednesday, a series of MotoGP tests prior to the Portimao appointment. Taking into account that this Saturday he announced his return, it had been speculated that he would also be in these tests to catch some filming for the Portuguese event. However, as Mundo Deportivo has revealed, the Cervera pilot will not be in the tests that are held on the Andalusian track. The rumor that he could test drive the new Honda at Jerez had grown louder and louder after announcing his return to the circuits. To do this, he needed his team to change the plan and use one of the test days provided for the testers for their official drivers.Finally the rumors have not become reality and we will have to wait until Portimao to see the six-time champion of the race again. MotoGP world. His return makes him, once again, the rival to beat and a candidate to win the World Cup. For this, he will have to come back 40 points after missing the first two races, something that no one in the history of the category has achieved. Comebacks are the specialty of the ilerdense, although this time it is different since it comes from the longest injury of all his career. It remains to be seen how it returns and how it adapts to the new RC213V. What is certain is that he will leave his soul on the track to try to turn the tables and end up taking a title that, if achieved, would be historic. The battle begins at the Portuguese GP.