With Marc Márquez 10th and Pol Espargaró 12th on the qualifying sheet, the data confirms that the Repsol Honda Team is not having its best season in the championship. In addition to the manufacturer, this situation directly affects its regular drivers, since they are unable to get the most out of the RC213V.
The most veteran boxer, Marc Márquez, assures that, given the circumstances, “he takes weekends as if they were fun” and not as an obligation to “go out and win”.
“If I finish fourth, fourth, if I finish fifth, fifth, if I finish sixth, sixth. Victory will come, hopefully,” he said in an exclusive interview with DAZN .
“More than trying other brands or other teams, I have other motivations. Now, I have the motivation to fight for a title, but with this team, not with another.”
“This [Honda] is the team of my life. I’ve always said, why not retire here? I’m sticking with it.”
His humerus fracture has played a major role in this adaptation process, not only of the new prototype, but also of the pace required to compete against elite pilots. To this injury are added his episodes of diplopia , which forced him to temporarily move away from the asphalt.
“I have to go with a different riding style [due to the injury], I have to make different strategies. With experience, it’s not the style that I like the most, but hey… Sometimes, what you don’t like, It’s what works.”
“I have learned to juggle. This that you had to learn as a child, I have learned now because of the sight. I continue to do these exercises as a precaution. Now, every month, I go for a check-up, they look at my eye from the inside, the retina , All this…”.
However, the driver from Cervera recognized that, although this situation has not diminished him significantly, he wants to fight again at the top.
“To race for pleasure, you take a motorcycle, you go quietly to a circuit on a Sunday without pressure and you ride laps. But on a track, you are going to compete. I am here to compete and celebrate things again. Will it be a title? No I know, but hopefully I can fight, that would already be good”, concluded the eighth champion.
