The Repsol Honda rider has been included in the provisional entry list for the event whereas, for exampl꧒e, the injured Enea Bastianini has not.

But Marquez’s return to 𝔍the bike will be entirely decided by doctors, who blocked💛 his planned comeback last week in Jerez.

• Lorenzo: “The Marquez-Honda romance is not the s♐ame - will relationship split?”

Marquez explained that the fracture in his hand, and the screws used to fix ⭕it, would not have withstood the power of braking a MotoGP bike and might have caused further♈ damage.

Another injury to th🦩is delicate bone could have ended Marquez’s career, he🅺 says.

But two weeks on from that disappointment Marquez will have another shot at returnꦛing.

He confirmed in Jerez, as he👍 withdrew, that he would target Le Mans as a🐼 more realistic return date.

The six-time MotoGP champion who entered 2023 injury-free after career-threatening arm surgery last summer sustained this latest problem when he crashed into Miguel Oliveira on the൲ third lap of the season-opener at Portimao.

The statu🌳s of the double long lap penalty he was hit with remains unknown.

The MotoGP Court of Appeals are yet to deliver their final verdict, after Honda complained that the rule had been reworded to force Marqueಌz to serve a penalty whenever he was fit again.

He sits 80 points behind champi🧸onship-leader Francesco Bagnaia.

Marquez spent the weekend before Le Mans🌳 🐼at the Motocross world championship.