We must not hide it: it is an ordeal that Marc Marquez is going through in his career but also in his life. His philosophy of going strong, of going beyond the limits by constantly pushing them back has served him badly this time. A violent return of the boomerang takes place, as if this injury to the humerus ultimately taken too lightly made him pay with heavy interest the success credit he had benefited from until then, and which he has therefore exhausted. Beyond the medical, there will be a mental effect on the Champion who would therefore regret a missed MotoGP season and half of the other to come...
Absence for a season, certainly five months, and half of that to follow would therefore be the sentence to be served by Marc Marquez for having challenged the solidity of his body too much. There will also have been medical choices which ultimately did not prove to be wise. But here we are, and still, if all goes well during a new convalescence which should take him until May 2021.
For the eight-time World Champion, it is no longer just a parenthesis. It's the end of a cycle. A new one will be started when he returns, like Barry Sheene et Mick doohan before him. And he will have new competition to defeat, made up of very talented young people who will have gained confidence.
All that, the manager Emilio Alzamora has understood this well and is already analyzing what will happen next. And it starts by accepting the present and learning lessons from the past: “ Marc had a quiet night, he is calm and will come out of all this even stronger and more mature » comments the former 125 World Champion without a victory. “ We are very happy with what the doctors told me. Marc always surprises, certainly from this third operation he will emerge stronger and will give us much more pleasure ».
To alzamora, THE " Calvary » what is going through Marc Marquez after Jerez will also be useful for “ cherish an experience from the past, learn from mistakes ". Through these words exudes the admission of having rushed things too much, from the Andalusian Grand Prix.
Marquez no longer wants to confuse speed and precipitation
However, it is well known that if you chase away the natural, it can come back at a gallop. In this sense, the last statement of the professor Angel Villamore, one of the last doctors to whom Marquez had turned before being admitted to the Madrid clinic, would suggest that lessons are not learned. In an interview with AS magazine, the traumatologist declared: “ departure for the world championship on March 28 in Qatar is not so impossible. The quality of the intervention he underwent could allow him to recover more quickly than the norm ».
However… " but caution is required and the path must not be accelerated ". Hope, but also caution, as repeated Emilio Alzamora on Spanish television: “ time will dictate conditions and deadlines » insists the manager of Marquez. “ If the operation went well, the deadlines will be very good ».
So there is no date, but optimism is in order. The doctor Angel Villamore explained why, again in the interview with AS.com : " If all goes well, in two or three months, physical preparation will begin, allowing him to get on the motorcycle. Potentially, he could do it on March 28, during the Qatar Grand Prix. But we are, in fact, talking about a possibility and so I do not disagree with those who argue that, on the contrary, it will take longer ". To be continued …
