After four operations in two years after he broke the humerus in his right arm in Jerez in 2020, Marc Márquez He faces the 2023 season with more enthusiasm than ever after three editions in which he has had no chance of fighting again for his seventh title in the premier class.
The attitude and commitment of the man from Cervera are maximum, but the doubts fall on Sling and the potential of a bike that should topple the yamaha Y ducati after a few years in no man’s land.
In the tests, Márquez already gave a ‘touch’ to the Japanese brand for the sensations he obtained in the tests, but the confidence that his team will reverse the situation is full.
In declarations to ‘DAZN’ in the preview of Atlético de Madrid – FC Barcelona, the man from Ilerd pointed it out like this: “I still trust Honda 100%. It is the brand that has given me all the titles, six in MotoGP, which are not few”.
Of course, he is aware that it will not be easy: “It is true that we have entered into a dynamic that I was injured, his number 1 driver has been injured, the brand has lost its way a bitBut I fully trust them. I trust that they will make a good bike and my obligation is to prepare myself to the maximum to fight for a World Cup. It’s my goal, Honda’s goal and the goal of the whole team, who know that we all have to push in the same direction if we want to achieve it.”
On a personal level, about recovering from his injury, Marc acknowledges that giving up was never an option: “We’ve had four operations on one arm for two years, but you have to insist, persist and achieve. So we will try to see if we can keep fighting and try to get out of this hole that we entered two years ago. Easy things are not good. And the good thing is that when the difficult ones are achieved, they are more enjoyable.”
