Marc Marquez will approach this 2023 season with teeth in his teeth after a winter spent without seeing a single scalpel, which is a real event for him. However, these successive surgeries were not without effect on his body which will never again be the same as before. The eight-time World Champion crossed the limit of regeneration in 2020, during this famous Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez which could have been the race of his great career, before turning into a halt to it. this. Here we are in 2023, and he is doing better because already, and that's a lot, he has returned to a normal life. But being a MotoGP rider means going far beyond this normality. A crossing that his bones and muscles no longer want to take on by blindly submitting to his will.

Marc Marquez will need all the more a good Honda in 2023 and beyond that he knows he will never again be able to make a difference alone. He is starting to emerge from a difficult period whose central point was his right arm. Unsuccessful surgeries, unsuccessful rehabilitation, but also medical errors, led him to decide for a fourth operation last year. It was the last chance and to this day it is a success noted by this remark from the eight-time world champion: “ life is definitely better now ". A mention that says a lot about the past suffering suffered on a daily basis.

During this winter break, his physical and sports training never stopped. He did not take any special vacations. The clear and stated objective is only one: to reach the milestone of nine titles. The intentions are clear from the photos posted on social networks, and his inseparable brother Alex is always by his side. He also shows that he has taken up motocross again. A dangerous game for his arm but also a permanent threat in the event of an impact which can awaken this pesky diplopia, pernicious and much more dangerous for his career...

Marc Marquez: “ we'll see if I have enough power, enough strength, enough possibilities to fight for the championship« 

But we must face and above all prepare for the 42 courses MotoGP expected on 21 Grands Prix in 2023. A real challenge that he in no way minimizes: “ we'll see if I have enough power, enough strength, enough possibilities to fight for the championship » he commented. Because he is well aware of his state, which is definitive: “ Last year I had the fourth operation and it was an arm that was opened four times. It will never be a normal arm again, but then you have to accept these limitations, try to overcome them. compensate with your body, instead thinking about how to improve and manage the situation ».

And for a thoroughbred like Marc Marquez, it’s not easy to resign yourself like this… “ I have to accept these limitations even if it is often difficult to realize or admit that I have this injury ". In a month we will see how the Spaniard is doing, during tests in the Sepang furnace in Malaysia where Honda will also make its copy on the RC213V. Over the last three years, the satisfactions that Marc Marquez The successes collected were few, but despite the difficulties, he won three victories and signed his hundredth podium in MotoGP. However, he still aspires to much more, at Honda or elsewhere.