Marc Marquez has finally spoken about these difficult months that kept him away from MotoGP. A field of glory left fallow that the adversaries were not asked to invest it, but also a space where rumor had free rein, in the absence of official press releases. This time, it is the person concerned who speaks, and after having clarified his state of health and his prospects for a return, he wanted, during the Honda presentation, to make a call for calm. Doctors Mir like Costa as well as his team, everyone receives the discharge of the eight-time World Champion who does not want a witch hunt...
The wound of Marc Marquez, and everything that followed, were they well-managed events? And failing that, should we look for responsibilities? A sensitive theme that the official Honda, during the presentation of his stable Repsol, decided to defuse. He took the controversial issues one by one to settle them once and for all…
It starts with the Doctor Mir, who has not been spared criticism, including from some of his illustrious peers… Marc Marquez steps up to the plate: “ if I have any injury tomorrow I will surely go to see Dr. Mir, who is my trusted doctor and has saved me many times from many injuries and made me run after a few days » he said about the one who operated on his right arm twice and who was visited by the scalpel on three occasions. Incidentally, he does not say why this last surgery was done by another team of doctors…
But since we are talking about doctors, we must quote the words of Dr Claudio Costa, founder of the mobile clinic, and who criticized Marc Márquez for not asking him for his opinion. The man from Cervera preferred not to get into a controversy: “ I have a very good relationship with Dr. Costa. I really appreciate everything he has done for the bike, but I don't share his opinion. People talked about many things without knowing why each thing was done. An example : Dr. Costa said to put a nail, but we couldn't, because my shoulder had surgery. He already had a tendon that wasn't going well and he had a plaque because he couldn't put a nail in. The error came by forcing more than necessary ».
Marc Marquez: “I learned that there are many races but only one body”
Which amounts to talking about his management, even his team MotoGP. Here too, he wants appeasement: “ we all make the decision together. The mistake belongs to everyone. It's not worth highlighting a person. They talked about doctors, this and that. Yes, they gave me good feedback, feedback that I could do it, but how many times has this risk been taken? Sometimes it works well, and when it works, everyone comes out clean. And when things go wrong, you have to learn from it, learn from the mistake. What I learned is that instead of coming back as soon as possible, sometimes it is better to have two or three opinions, stay calm and from there evaluate everything, especially with more opinions ».
He adds : " one of the things I learned in 2020 is that there are many races, but there is only one body. This concept wasn't in my head and it's something I learned. That doesn't mean you won't take the same risk. If I didn't accept this risk, I wouldn't ride a motorcycle anymore. I'm dying to get back on the bike and switch to race mode and rider mode ».
Because what never crossed his mind Marc Marquez, is that this injury meant the end of his sporting career: “ it didn't occur to me that I wouldn't get back on a motorcycle, especially since all the doctors I spoke to told me that it was a matter of time, that the nerve was not affected and that the bone would eventually consolidate. It gave me peace of mind ". Out of bad perhaps came good...
