Marc Marquez retraces the first days after his injury in Jerez and talks about future goals: winning the world title is no longer an obsession.
Marc Marquez lands in Phillip Island to continue with the physical recovery plan, after the last operation on the right arm last June 2nd. But on the ocean counterclockwise layout the Honda champion, who won the last edition in 2019 pre Covid, the podium is not an impossible goal. Already in Motegi, with 4th place, and in Buriram with 5th, he proved his psychophysical state, battling until the last laps.
In Thailand he undermined the podium area, putting the shivers on Pecco Bagnaia’s Ducati, then Johann Zarco he put his hand in it to remove him from the GP22 of the Piedmontese. Yet Marc Marquez already has the temper to aspire to prestigious horizons, after a very complicated two-year period. It all started in Jerez in July 2020, when in an attempt to recover he suffered a fall that catapulted him directly into the operating room in Barcelona.
Marc Marquez restarts after the injury
After two years, the Cervera phenomenon admits the mistake of having immediately returned to the track and assumes all responsibility. “We are back too soon“, Admitted the champion of the Repsol Honda. “The doctors told me it wouldn’t be a problem. But in the end it is the rider who has to make the decision. So it was my fault“. He went through very complicated weeks, in which he was almost on the verge of throwing in the towel and announcing farewell to racing. “My passion for motorcycles helped me“, Added Marc Marquez to Motogp.com. “I still feel part of the MotoGP and have a very high level“.
With the 2022 season closed, it will already be necessary to prepare for next year, both with the evolution of the RC213V both continuing training and rehabilitation. The goal is to win back the world scepter and the coveted world title number nine. On the track, however, we will see another Marc: “Of course I have changed a lot since 2020, I have learned a lot. Because after the difficult moments you become stronger. But being stronger in my case doesn’t mean being stronger to win. I feel like a stronger person, a stronger character and mentality“.
In the 2023 season Marc Marquez he will have only one goal, to find the way to victory and aim for that ninth world title that would bring him on a par with Valentino Rossi. “Now I have new stimuli. I’m not obsessed with winning another championship. It can happen, but we will only see it in the future. I work a lot to be a stronger Marc“.
