Marc Marquez returned to competition during a Portuguese Grand Prix which marked the third meeting of this MotoGP season. But rather than being the epilogue of a long and painful period of convalescence, this stage only confirmed the worrying seriousness of his situation, with an injury that still needs to be treated and which ostensibly diminishes the man. like the pilot. Serious concerns have even been expressed about his ability to fully recover his strength and as the Honda official has already declared that he will not stay in the Grand Prix to make up the numbers, doubt is beginning to arise about the rest of his career. The day after the Catalan Grand Prix marked by another retirement following a fall and before a Sachsenring where he has never been defeated since 2010, he sets things straight…
The last Grand Prix of Catalonia ended with another fall for one Marc Marquez which is starting to raise questions in the paddock. Thus, the columnist and manager Charles Pernat declared to the microphones of Tutti Convocati, the radio program of Radio 24: “ Marquez is exhausted. His career hangs by a thread. Let's face it, he's in danger. From what I know there was also the possibility that he would stop for a while, he should in my opinion ».
Indeed, Marc Marquez mentioned this hypothesis of taking a break in this season of MotoGP. But listening to the latest statements from the eight-time World Champion, this option is no longer relevant. And don't let anyone talk to him about his fall in Catalonia during the race. Rather than a depressing racing incident, he instead sees this accident as a reason for hope: “ I really had fun. When I fell, I pushed and pushed because I was Marc. It was time to take risks and race for tenth place. I thought if I had done those laps strong I could have stayed with the leaders. In the previous laps, I lost control of the bike several times and then crashed. I'm not happy with the result, but I liked the way I did those seven laps ».
So much for the mind. As for the physical condition reported friable by Carlo Pernat, Marc Marquez responded to him by assuming no less than 87 turns during the test organized the day after the three days of meeting in Catalonia… Here too, the eight-time World Champion commented on the situation with strong words: “ I decided to face it and not be a coward. Staying at home would be easy... ". The already complicated situation is also made even more difficult with a Honda RC213V far from the mark. “ We need to understand what has changed since I left until now. We are not in a situation that will be resolved from one race to the next. But if little by little we start to have results, to understand things, we will move forward ».
Marc Marquez: “I am psychologically ready not to win”
« The bike needs to improve " did he declare, " but it is difficult to find the right path. We know that there is an acceleration problem because of the poor grip and on entry we have difficulty stopping, once again because of the rear grip. These are two different problems, in different areas, but I think they can be solved in the same way. All these limitations don't help on race distance ».
Marc Marquez looks back at what awaits him in less than ten days now: his reunion with a Sachsenring, a route that he has marked with the seal of his invincibility since 2010. But for this edition of the German Grand Prix, everything suggests that this time he will have to resolve to a defeat given the circumstances: “ a priori I should suffer less because everything is on the left » he says about a track that has ten left turns compared to three right turns. “ This will help me, but if we continue to have the same problems we had in Catalonia, there is not much we can do. Let's see if we can be a little closer to the leaders. I'm ready psychologically not to win, I'm ready to fall again because I know where I am. You must not get carried away by illusion and be realistic at all times " finished Marc Marquez.
