The Catalan pilot's chief mechanic and Honda's technical director were the first to be surprised by his results.
The way in which Marc Marquez went for his eighth world title, taking risks against Fabio Quartararo, while having been the victim of a very violent fall two days before, impressed even in his own box. Indeed, if the paddock and the public are wondering how the Spaniard manages to control his machine so well and perform so well in all circumstances, they are not the only ones since the members of his team are also wondering.
“There are a lot of things about Marc that we can't explain, we don't know how he does it. This is why motorcycling is so interesting. We can't stop. There are always things to learn” said Takeo Yokoyama, the technical director of Repsol Honda, Trademarks.
“He knows what he has to do in every corner, every lap. He always has everything under control. This is why I believe that if he reaches the limit of his potential, he could be even faster than he is today. But he tries to have everything under control because, in the end, that means being consistent. If we can explain in detail what we are doing, that means we have some leeway, it's like that for everyone. So that means he still has some room to spare. »
Same speech from one of the people closest to his entourage: Santi Hernández. Chief mechanic of number 93 for years, he works closely with him but also doesn't know how to explain exactly how the latter does it, except that he sees him giving his all every time, which is perhaps the key to its success: “I don’t know where his limit is. What limit does [Rafael] Nadal have at Roland Garros? We don't know, but what we see is that when he enters the field he gives 200%, he doesn't take a stray ball until the end, and if he loses, he has everything given and always with the mentality of winning all the points. And Marc is a bit the same. He gives everything. »
