Marc Marquez is working hard to be fit for a 2023 MotoGP season where he will want to resume his march forward. Which means harvesting victories to collect this ninth shot which would put him on par with Valentino Rossi. From there, ten can be considered. However, nothing will be simple. The competition has thus become tougher, from the riders to the machines, Honda, on this side being faced with the real challenge of getting to the level of Ducati. And then the Marc Marquez from before Jerez 2020 will not return. It is the person himself who says this, recognizing that his right arm will never be the same again.
Public chat motogp.com appears a Marc Marquez aware of his diminished state but still assured that this will be enough to hold his place in the highest motorcycle competition on the track. For three years, he suffered and tried the impossible, crossing the boundaries of pain and exploit to act as if nothing had happened, but he had to resort to one last operation which, for the moment, put an end to his torture.
However, while medicine cures, it does not work miracles. Marc Marquez wants to be clear on the subject: “ the fact is that I don't know what my 100% will be with this right arm. Of course, it won't be exactly like my left arm, because my right arm was cut open four times. I've had four surgeries, so this isn't a "normal" arm. This winter, I need to determine what the maximum level of this arm is ».
Marc Marquez: “ I started motocross again, but realized it was too soon«
He adds : " I think I can still improve a lot in this direction. Little by little, I am starting to have a normal life. For example, I started playing a little padel. But I feel like I have to wait a little longer because there are still restrictions. For example, I took up motocross again, but realized it was too soon. I'm trying to understand where the limit is ". A challenge for this thoroughbred who at the same time says: “ I like to play to the limit ».
« obviously, there will also come a day when progress will stop. Then we will understand what 100% is with this arm » he concludes with a certain fatalism, blowing: “ I don't always win, sometimes I have to suffer too ". Despite his physical precariousness, he collected three victories in 2021, a podium and a pole in 2022 after the last operation on 2 June in Minnesota. Not so bad with one Honda versatile to say the least. The HRC would be well advised to help its pilot a little and moreover the automotive division was called to the rescue. We will see Sepang, during the back-to-school tests in February the effects of this general mobilization.
