The incredible bonus money Marc Marquez has missed out on due to injury
Marquez has already missed out on a total of €2,281,800 (£1,984,949) for 🤡the four MotoGP rounds that he missed before Le Mans, accor𒀰ding to Spanish media .
His ret𝔉urn to Le Mans at the weekend will theꩵrefore be welcomed by his bank manager, as well as by MotoGP fans.
His bonus scheme is to be paid €570,450 (£496,487) per race to enter, the report states.
Marquez can also claim an extra €1.4m (£1.2m) if he wins the MotoGP championship.
This is all on top of his estimated €12.5m (£10.9m) annual salary paid by Ho𒆙nda, plus sponsorship ear🅺nings
Last year Marquez missed eight rounds, the first two due to diplopia (his vision issuesཧ) and then six due to major arm surgery.
This season’s four missed rounds were due to the hand injury pi💯cked up in the first grand prix of the season 🐟at Portimao.
Marquez is widely-kn♋own as the highest-paid MotoGP rider on the 2023 grid.
He is contracted to Honda until the end of 2024 by which time some i𝓰nteresting conversations could take place.
On one hand, Marquez is desperate for a bike which will allow him to compete for a s🉐eventh pre🃏mier class championship.
Conversely, his age and his mounting injury history mean that rival manufacturers - Ducati or KTM, for example - might think twice before sanctioning the money ♑that Marquez might demand.
Jorge Lorenzo’s verdict? He believes that Ducati will offer Marquez a contract for 2025 on much less money than he has been accustomed to, meaning the six-time MotoGP champion must make a dꦍifficult call - earn less money for a better bike, or stick with Honda…
James waꦿs a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything 🎃from American sports, to football, to F1.
