The flamboyant Marc Marquez blazed in Indonesia until he burned out, according to a pattern that we had sworn belonged to the past, among the pilot, within his entourage and, above all, at Honda. Good intentions, a desire to manage people and preserve organisms which emerged from the first major difficulty encountered in Indonesia. Rather than resigning himself to it, Marc Marquez, who never gives up, was given free reign. And here is the result which, to use Marc Marquez's own assessment of his current situation, gives a sad impression of "déjà vu".
Four falls, including two in six minutes during the Q1, and finally this terrible accident during the warm-up were so many stages of a game of massacre in Indonesia which is costly today for the eight-time World Champion. Without Doctor Charter who had the courage to declare him unfit, Marc Marquez would have run. This is the unofficial version, more brutal than the official one, coming from behind the scenes of Mandalika. But until when Alberto puig et Takeo Yokoyama will they let their purebred go to sacrifice like this?
By the way, we hope that there will be a next time to have an answer because, for the moment, with the return of diplopia, the career of Marc Marquez is pending. It can resume from Argentine Grand Prix as she may have put herself to sleep for this season. Everything has been said about this evil which overwhelms him, which is within him and the doctors had warned that another violent blow to the head would wake him up.
Marc Marquez must be protected from himself
Beyond the last two years, in his career, MM93 has recorded a record number of falls, even in the glory years. In 2019, the Cabroncito slipped 14 times. In 2018, the Spaniard was the protagonist of 23 accidents, while in 2017 he even fell 27 times. In 2016 and 2017, the sum of falls in Marc Marquez reached 30. While during the first two years of MotoGP, the Spaniard fell from his Honda 11 times in 2014 and 15 times in 2013. A real massacre game wrapped in the glossy paper and beautiful ribbon of titles and victories. Now 29 years, anyone who has a current contract until 2024 sees his body folded. We thought the lesson of the past two years had been learned. But the last Indonesian Grand Prix showed that not.
Never Marc Marquez will not decide on its own to preserve itself. It is so. It's heroic, it's unconscious, but there's nothing we can do about it. Which leads to questions about those around him and what his employer wants from him. We must protect the eight-time World Champion from himself. Easier said than done, no doubt, but when you have a certain position of responsibility, these go beyond simply watching your driver lap around a circuit from the pit wall and telling yourself that hit or miss.
