Marc Márquez was emotional when talking about his victory in the MotoGP German GP after the race. “I’m not going to cry, I’m not going to cry,” he said upon arrival in the mixed zone to appear before the DAZN microphones. The one from Cervera assured that he was “neither happy nor sad”, he had to assimilate the victory yet. He acknowledged that he did not expect to win here and thanked his entire team for their support. He lived through difficult moments at the end of the race when he saw that Oliveira was cutting him off. In addition, he assures that his objective is to be the same as before but that he needs time to do so because he is not yet, despite the victory.
«I am neither happy nor sad. I guess tonight will be different. We have won again, I don’t even know how because the weekend was good but I was not ahead of the rest. I said it yesterday if everything is balanced we could be on the podium. He did not expect to win because he knew that Oliveira was fine. When I saw four droplets and Aleix was behind, I said I have three laps to risk. It is difficult to risk because I come from three zeros in a row, I come from a season that I have not done anything and it is complicated, ”says Márquez.
«When Miguel is catching you, managing it and not getting nervous is complicated. In the last turns my head was spinning. I have changed Miguel Oliveira for José Luis Martínez, sparring , and I have thought ‘it’s José, he doesn’t catch me’ . When I crossed the finish line I thought ‘we have done it again’. That which we take with us. We enjoy this moment. In Assen we will return to reality. I hope there will be more of these moments during the season and take advantage of them. I want to thank everyone, especially Honda because he respected me a lot during the injury, the doctors, the physio who has been living at home for a year, my brother and my entire team. We have done it together, “he adds.
The ilerdense has explained that he needed this victory because for him “to compete is to fight for something.” « I needed it because for me to compete is to fight for something . Fighting for victories and podiums is what I want in the future. I’m not ready to do it yet, although I was able to do it today. I said it on Thursday, I warned, it will be the first circuit that I will not notice the physical limitations so much. It has been noticed. I was able to drive the whole race to the limit. If there was an error because there were not so many right curves, the arm reacted, it did not run out of strength. From the outside it is seen in a way and from the inside we know what we are suffering. The bike adapts very well to this circuit and we have taken advantage of it.
He also had words of thanks for his team. « Now it’s time to thank . It does not go down alone and it does not go up alone. Thank everyone who has supported me, understanding the situation. I’ve just focused on my work and escaped the world a bit. From Le Mans, Jerez I escaped from the world and from social networks. I sent the photos and someone else posted. I didn’t want to know anything about anything. I focused on my life and my work. And that’s what I’m going to do from here to the end of the season because there is still a lot to improve, “he said visibly moved.
The conversation with Doohan helped him
Marc Márquez is happy but at the same time has his feet on the ground and says he has learned to value everything much more: «You value what you did much more personally . It was taken for granted that you had to win, make podiums. If you didn’t win it was a disaster, if you weren’t on the podium it was a bad race. This time is teaching me to value these moments, to value other things. What I want is to go back to being the Marc of always. I need time. I am not yet . In Mugello and Montmeló I already said ‘I have noticed something’. Here I have noticed a little more. In Holland we will suffer again. Calmly, let’s see if little by little we can get closer to the first ».
Finally, he recounted the conversation he had with Mick Doohan , who explained his case from the 1992-93 season. The one from Cervera recognizes that the words of a legend like Doohan helped him a lot. «When you are in a difficult situation, you seek to console yourself or express yourself with someone who has gone through this situation. Alberto Puig and Emilio Alzamora have helped me a lot. I had a call of almost half an hour with Mick Doohan, who helped me a lot. He explained his case in 92-93, how he felt, what was wrong with him, what mistakes he made. It seemed like I was narrating my situation. I just listened, I didn’t speak. I told him to explain his situation to me. He arrived with a motorcycle that the other riders had changed, he changed it and still did not understand anything, stupid mistakes that were not his own. Stupid mistakes I’ve made too. He says that it is normal, that it happened to him, that then everything changes. Time fixes everything. You need patience and keep working. This reassures you at the pilot level because you see a legend like Mick Doohan went through something similar and it cost him but he ended up taking it out.
