Defending MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has been declared fit to ride for this weekend’s Andalusian Grand Prix, just three days after having surgery on a broken arm.

Marquez crashed out of last Sunday’s season-opening race at Jerez, with the Spaniard suffering a clean fracture of his right humerus.

The eight-time world champion travelled to Barcelona to undergo surgery on Monday where he had a titanium plate inserted inside his arm. But Honda revealed that Marquez intended to race in this weekend’s round at the same track, where he arrived on Thursday morning to undergo a medical assessment.

Though the six-time MotoGP champion required an operation on his arm, it was discovered that he had escaped any damage to his radial nerve, which came as a boost to his chances of recovery.

It was announced on Thursday afternoon that Marquez had been passed fit to ride in this weekend’s race, and as a result Honda will not need to draft in a replacement rider alongside his brother Alex Marquez.

Assessed by MotoGP medic Dr Mir, Marquez had his arm assessed at the Circuit de Jerez-Angel Nieto, with the 27-year-old deemed to be in a fit-enough condition to ride this weekend.

However, Marquez is likely to ease himself back into action, which could see him skip part or all of Friday’s running to minimise the risk of reinjuring his right arm.

As well as Marquez, MotoGP also declared British rider Cal Crutchlow fit to ride after he suffered a mild concussion in a crash during warm-up last Sunday, with the LCR Honda rider also undergoing an operation on a fractured scaphoid, while Suzuki’s Alex Rins has been passed fit despite suffering a shoulder dislocation, bone fracture and muscle damage in a high-speed qualifying crash last weekend.