Honda is optimistic with Marc Márquez: "We are working hard so that he has the best bike in Sepang" | MotoGP

Marc Márquez continues to recover from the humerus fracture that occurred in the last laps of the 2020 Spanish GP. MotoGP plans to return on February 19 in Sepang, to carry out the first pre-season tests and the great unknown remains, as in 2020 , the presence of the eight times world champion. From Honda they assure that they are working to give the best possible motorcycle to their star rider, and thus be able to recover the Triple Crown after the failure of last year.Honda organized a press conference in Japan in which both Tetsuhiro Hikita and Takehiro Koyasu appeared, development director of the Japanese team, in which they analyzed, among other things, Márquez’s physical condition. “Right now, everything is up for discussion. We are closely monitoring his condition and working hard so that he has the best possible bike for the first tests of the preseason in Sepang. We must do everything possible to help him, ”commented Hikita. Meanwhile, the Spanish rider continues to work to get ready for the Malaysian tests, which will take place in just over a month. Marc’s goal has always been to return as soon as possible, he would have liked to have run again in 2020, but after undergoing surgery for the third time on December 3 at the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid, he decided to take it easy, without rushing and continuing. the times set for recovery. Cervera and his team did not want to take any kind of risk, his health and his career were at stake and they decided to take it easy and not set a specific return date to be able to be at the start of 2021 .Marc Márquez wants to get on the RC213V in the two days to be held in Sepang, in order to reach the first grand prix of the season, in Qatar (February 28), in the best possible conditions after almost a year without competing. Everything will depend on how it evolves from the previous infection to the injury that has caused it to have to be with a specific antibiotic treatment. If it does not have the expected effect, their return to the tracks will be delayed. Honda is confident that they will be able to have their star rider for the start of this season after a year that was a real disaster, as Koyasu described it: « 2020 was a real disaster. The main reason was that we struggled to make Michelin’s new tire work from the first winter tests, but with the situation that arose from the coronavirus pandemic, it was impossible to carry out our test program. In addition, we were left without a rider capable of getting the best performance from our bike, which determined the result of this year ”.