Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco reassure everyone after their crashes

Following the Spaniard's update, Zarco has also provided an update: "My femur isn't broken. The ligaments in my knee have torn."

On what could have turned into a terrible day for motorsport, just a few hours after the crashes that involved them, Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco have posted updates on their physical condition via their social media accounts .

As previously reported in a statement from the Gresini team, the Spanish rider has "only" suffered a broken right collarbone—which will be operated on this evening—and a small fracture of the C7 vertebra.

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Fortunately, for Johann Zarco as well, the outcome isn’t minor but is nonetheless less severe than one might have expected after seeing his leg dragged by Bagnaia’s GP26 like a surfer’s in a shark’s mouth.

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In a video posted on his social media profile, the French rider reported that he has no fractures in his femur; rather, it was the ligaments in his knee that gave way, along with "a minor fracture in the lower part of the fibula, on the outside of the left ankle". The LCR rider finally announced that he will spend the night under observation at the Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya in Sant Cugat.