Respsol Honda racer Marc Marquez is certain to not participate in the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia after having an accident during the warm-up. Netizens were also busy sending prayers for the racer nicknamed 'The Baby Alien'.
Marquez's absence from the Mandalika MotoGP was confirmed from a post on the @MotoGP Twitter account. "BREAKING: @marcmarquez93 will NOT race in the #IndonesianGP " the account tweeted.
BREAKING: @marcmarquez93 will NOT race in the #IndonesianGP pic.twitter.com/AGyv9YCugs
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) March 20, 2022
Netizens on Twitter immediately reacted after the news spread. The majority of tweets with the keyword 'Marquez' on Twitter expressed their disappointment, but still wished "The Baby Alien" a speedy recovery. Even this keyword is included in the list of trending topics on Twitter Indonesia.
"The crash was so bad it fell 4 times too get well soon mas 'e," wrote a netizen.
"Well get well soon @marcmarquez93," wrote another netizen.
There are also those who wish Marquez a speedy recovery and hope that he will return to Mandalika next year. "Speed recovery @marcmarquez93..!! see u next year in mandalika," he wrote.
Previously reported, Marquez had an accident and bounced off the motorbike during the warm-up on Sunday (20/3) morning. In this incident, Marquez, who was about to corner at Turn 7, lost control of his motorbike.
He was thrown into the air, and the RC213V motorbike he was riding was crushed. Marquez was immediately taken to the hospital, and was later declared unfit to take part in the race at the Pertamina Mandalika Circuit due to a concussion.
Here are the various reactions of netizens after it was confirmed that Marquez did not participate in the Mandalika MotoGP.
speedy recovery, baby alien! @marcmarquez93
Yes, Marquez did not participate in the Mandalika MotoGP..
Marc Marquez didn't take part in the race, because of the lack of motorbikes :(
Gada rossi and marquez really love
get well soon dear☹️ it's so sad I can't see you racing at mandalika :(( @marcmarquez93