Just a day after his impressive Gresini Ducati debut at the Valencia tesꦍt, the eight-time world champion had an operation on his right forearm.

'Compartment syndrome', bet🌳ter known ▨as arm pump, results in pain and numbness in the forearm due to a lack of blood flow.

Most MotoGP riders have had surgery at least once to relieve🥂 the problem, but Marquez was not known to be suffering from the issue until now:

"In the second half of the season, I have bee🎐n suffering from Compartment syndrome in my right arm.

"We solved the problem this morning 🔜with Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña and the💧ir team to be ready for 2024!"

Marquez, who was a close fourth fastest at the Valencia test, will be back on his Desmosedici GP23 when pre-seaso♉n t🧸esting begins at Sepang in February.

Mꦉarquez previously underwent four rounds of surgery on his upper right arm, due to🌜 complications from a fracture at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix.