Alberto Puig is hardly at the party since the tree Marc Marquez can no longer hide the forest at Honda. He is on the front line to come under heavy fire from criticism. Not only with regard to the management of the rise, the fall, the injury and the failed return of his champion. But also on the assumed policy of monoculture Marc Marquez who today admits his limits. But don’t count on Puig to detect the slightest self-criticism…
Alberto puig looked at the time of Marc Marquez the top of the timesheet. Since he was withdrawn for the reasons we know, he has focused on the bottom of the ranking where the Repsol Honda. There is still one Marquez in the box, but he is not of the same caliber...
On this situation, the director of the official team of the world's leading manufacturer explains: “ It didn't go very well. Things happen as they go, in races, as in life, you can't always be up there. There are good times and bad times and now we are going through a bad time in which we do not have our lead driver. It is like that, but it is not a reason for despair but rather to say: "well, time must pass and better times always come" ».
Certainly, but before calm returns, with Marc Marquez, the storm rages with the main theme being this total dependence on Cervera's pilot. An obvious fact always denied by Alberto puig who asserted that Honda was an essential part of the repeated success since 2013. The same Puig, now, gets annoyed: “ people are free to say what they want and we are free to do what we consider. What Honda has done all its life and that is why it is the brand that has won the most world championships. From then on, everyone says what they want ».
“Marc Marquez has something to resolve in his body which will take its time”
On the return of the prodigal son, we have completely changed our discourse since the second operation. We now want to give time to time: “ he suffers, obviously he recovers little by little, but a second intervention is always more complex than the first. He is rested, calm and obviously wants to be here but understands that he has something to resolve in his body that will take its time.s » announcement Puig.
« Marc is a very optimistic person, a great born fighter, I don't have to repeat that. He will look back, he will surely draw positive conclusions and he will surely have learned a lot from this whole story ", said the Repsol Honda team manager about the condition of the eight-time World Champion.
In principle, the return of Marc Márquez, is expected for Misano. A meeting which will take place on September 23. “ The objective is to give time to the fracture and to follow it day by day, to see how it evolves, knowing that it is not a matter of weeks. This is an important fracture, but the patient's progress and understanding their fracture type are also important. I think we all understand this and on this basis we will evolve day by day ". For sure the lesson of the window wore…
