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Motorsports: Off-road crash victim Marquez out of MotoGP season-finale

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Agence France-Presse

Marc Marquez has still to fully recover from last month&#x27;s off-road training accident and will sit out the season-closing Valencia MotoGP this weekend, his Honda team announced on Tuesday.The six-time MotoGP world champion &quot;won&#x27;t take part in the last race of the season nor in testing at Jerez on November 18/19&quot;, Honda announced.The 28-year-old is still suffering from &quot;a minor head injury&quot; his team added after the fall which forced him to miss last Sunday&#x27;s Algarve Grand Prix.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/drive/cars-and-bikes/08/17/21/there-are-only-18-of-these-bikes-in-the-world-and-one-is-owned-by-a-filipino">There are only 18 of these supremely sleek bikes in the world and one is owned by a Filipino collector</a></li></ul>&quot;On his rest days he continued to not feel well and is having a problem with his sight,&quot; the statement revealed.Results of tests on Monday confirmed he has a &quot;new case of double vision&quot; following the one he experienced in 2011 after a Moto2 crash in Malaysia.&quot;I&#x27;ll have to be patient,&quot; said Marquez. &quot;But if there&#x27;s one thing I&#x27;ve learnt it&#x27;s to approach each obstacle positively.&quot;Yamaha&#x27;s Fabio Quartararo claimed the world title at Monza last month with two races remaining.gr/pm/fby/mdm/nr/pi© Agence France-Presse

Marc Marquez has still to fully recover from last month's off-road training accident and will sit out the season-closing Valencia MotoGP this weekend.