Source: HRC.

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez plans to line up at this weekend’s Jerez round of the 2015 season in Spain.

Marquez broke a finger in a training accident, operated on Saturday afternoon to treat a fracture to little finger of his left hand and had a further checkup this afternoon with doctors reporting positively.

“Today I underwent another examination by Dr. Mir and he confirmed that the wound is healing well and looking good,” Marquez said. “He took off the cast that they had put on and now I have begun to do some physiotherapy work with some active and passive movements.

“My finger will be checked at Jerez after every session and the bandages will be changed. I am very motivated for this grand prix, because it is the first of the year in Spain, there are my home fans there and I have some good memories from previous years!

“It’s a pity about the injury, but I hope that it doesn’t affect me too much and that I can get a great result in front of the fans.”

The team were hoping to be boosted by the return of Dani Pedrosa, who underwent surgery after the Qatar GP and missed Austin and Argentina GPs.

In the operation, performed on 3 April, doctors completely removed the layer of fascia – the casing around the muscle that gives it form and shape – which was causing problems for Dani.

After three weeks of recovery Pedrosa is feeling an improvement but together with doctors has decided to rest until Le Mans to give his arm more time to heal. Hiroshi Aoyama will replace him for the third race in a row.