Marc Marquez has been through a real ordeal during those 1,043 days until he won again. Behind that triumph lies a story of enormous improvement that tells how an eight-time world champion was able to reinvent himself and break with everything to win again. Since his last title in 2019, the 93 He went through four years of injury hell until he made the difficult decision to leave Repsol Honda.
The Ilrdense He made the decision to leave the team of his lifein which he worked for 11 years, with which he moved up to MotoGP and with which he won all six titles in the premier class. He grew up with them and became one of the greatest of all time. But that changed after his fatal accident in Jerez 2020. The injury to his right humerus marked a before and after in his sporting career.
This injury caused a lot of problems. He did not fully recover and had to undergo surgery up to four times to put an end to the problem. Finally, he went to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA, for a fourth and final operation that would allow him to enjoy his passion again. As he told Honda at the time: “It’s not for fun, it’s for winning. “I want to get back with you, but if not with you, I’ll get my life back.”
Unfortunately, the problems and constant falls of HRC forced Marc Márquez to earn his living. Among his plans was the withdrawal, but in the end He opted for the option of leaving Repsol Honda to join a satellite team like Gresiniwhich was at the time Ducati’s fourth team, with much fewer resources and earn much less than at Honda. Seeing how happy his brother Alex was with them, he chose to follow the same path and leave with them.
Many things were said at that time, including that Ducati did not want him, but Gresini made it clear that he wanted to bet on the eight-time champion and waited for him until the end. Marquez took his time until decided to give up “many things that weigh heavily on my heart” “try to spend as many years as possible enjoying my passion” and to win again. “That’s why I said that this victory is different and weighs, because I gave up a lot. I gave up the team of my life, my friends here and I fought. I know they will be happy. “I fought a lot and I will continue to do so,” said the Spaniard after achieving the long-awaited victory three years later.
A sacrifice to win again
It wasn’t easy for Márquez to make this decision. He has a scar on his arm that will remind him for the rest of his life of the sacrifice he made to return to the top. Going to Gresini did not guarantee him a repeat winFirst, it was necessary to see if he had not “gone too far”, as he said. But all those who thought that do not know Marc. He is a fighter and as such, he did everything in his power to return to the top.
As soon as he got on the Ducati in Valencia, he saw for himself that he had not forgotten to ride. The Italian team’s management was amazed at how fast he was as soon as he got on the Desmosedici. In his first laps, he had already set the fastest time. Even Tardozzi was amazed by him. It was clear that the magician from Cervera still had a few laps in reserve and that he was going to fight this season.
He almost won several races, but he always managed to reach the goal until he finally ended this drought in Aragona circuit where he is quite good. And he did it by being far superior to the others throughout the weekend. His feelings were so good that he decided not to go out during the warm-up because of the water on the track, because it was not going to rain afterwards and by the time of the race the track was already dry. He had to wait 1,043 days, but the sacrifice he made has finally been rewarded. Marc Márquez is back.
