Marc Marquez, who suffered a high-side crash in the closing stages of warm-up at the Mandalika International Street Circuit on Sunday, has been diagnosed with diplopia – double vision. The six-time MotoGP world champion was ruled out of the final two rounds in 2021 with the same problem. He had first damaged his eye in a Moto2 crash in Malaysia in 2011. 

“It seems that I am experiencing deja vu,” the Honda racer wrote on social media. 

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Marquez was taken to a local hospital after the crash ahead of the Indonesia Grand Prix. The 29-year-old went flying up to 15 feet in the air after a violent high-side at around 115mph. He was ruled out of the race. 

While precautionary checks revealed Marquez suffered a concussion and Honda said that there were no serious injuries, the racer on Tuesday said that he has once again damaged a nerve in his eye. 

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Diplopia was identified after Marquez began to suffer problems with his vision on the flight back from Indonesia. A check was conducted in Barcelona. 

However, the Spaniard said that the case is “less severe” than it was in November.

“It seems that I am experiencing deja vu… During the trip back to Spain, I began to have discomfort with my vision, and we decided to visit Dr. Sanchez Dalmau, who confirmed that I have a new episode of diplopia. Fortunately, it is less severe than the injury I had at the end of last year. But now it’s time to rest and wait to see how the injury evolves. As always, thank you very much to everyone for your support!!” Marquez wrote on social media. 

The racer’s ophthalmologist Doctor Sanchez Dalmau, as per MotoSport.com, said that he will undergo checks next weekend to evaluate the evolution of the injury to determine a recovery time.

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“The neuro-ophthalmological evaluation carried out on Marc Marquez on Monday after the head injury that occurred at the Indonesian Grand Prix, shows a new episode of diplopia caused by a recurrence of paralysis of the fourth right nerve, with less involvement than the one that occurred in the injury in November 2021,” Dr Dalmau said.

“After this examination, it was initially decided to follow a conservative treatment with periodic medical tests. Next week, Marc Marquez will undergo a new check-up to evaluate the evolution of the injury and to predict the estimated recovery period to return to competition,” he added.