Marc Marquez: "For me, the surgery and enjoying it again was a success"

In his last appearance this weekend at Mugello in a mixed zone before the DAZN microphones and that marked the last in several months before he returned to the circuits after his surgery and subsequent recovery he will make in Madrid Marc Marquez he freed himself again and released everything he had hidden for several months. He gave up his physical suffering at all the Grands Prix, there has been no peace for him in the last year and a half since he returned to competition in April 2021 in Portimao. Then at a press conference he previewed the issue of the recall he would make in Madrid and gave his opinion on who he sees as candidates for the title.

“It was a very difficult weekend, on a concentration level, above all. On a physical level, all the last ones I experienced, all the last ones I was able to, in all of this I felt pain and even that I have experienced.don’t tell you the truth, it’s like this, but it’s to not have the same question at every press conference.It’s the way of trying to isolate myself, of convincing myself to give myself another time, in case the doctors told me to continue to insist, ”he explains.

“But, I got to the point where I said: ‘This is not going’. After Portimao, Jerez and the test, I said: ‘There’s no improvement. I’m doing what you say, the morning and afternoon exercises, and there’s no evolution. . ‘ There, through Dr. Samuel Antuña, from America, they did the bone thing in 3D to calculate exactly what was going on.It hadn’t been done before because the bone hadn’t been fully assembled.I received the call on Friday. I’m already here. If I hadn’t been here I wouldn’t have run this race. But since I’m here, I’ve finished the first free practice, I don’t feel obligated, but I hope to continue to compete this weekend to help my team , to Honda, and give them comments, because there are four things to try. It’s very hard on a psychological level, above all, but now I feel a certain liberation. You say: ‘Are you worried about operation? No. ’. Liberation because in this way I don’t see myself competing more and coming up with a solution, it opens p open again for, hopefully, a better kin tomorrow, ”he told Dazn.

Relieved march to the US

And he went to the United States relieved with the firm intention of returning to compete: “I’m sure I’ll be back. I’ll be back to make those who support me happy. ‘Yong mga kasama kong naghihirap, para sabay smile again.This is my goal: go back to try to enjoy cycling again, ride again the way I want.If I’ll be as fast, if I win, I don’t know, but at least enjoy riding the bike.It’s not I’ve done it this year and medium. Yes, I’ve won races, but all on the left. Did I win Misano on the right? Yes, but the whole weekend was on the water and it was racing. “

“But this is not the way I want to continue competing. There is no other way but to have surgery because the doctors have already told me that, not because I want to. They told me: ‘You can’t continue like this because you’ re going to injure other things. ‘ , that’s what’s happening to me right now. Hopefully this will be the last operation and, at least, live normally, in quotes, the life of a normal athlete, which is to train, run, have fun. Leave the ‘physios ‘for maintenance, but stop anti-inflammatories and all these things,” he said.

Solidarity with Rafa Nadal

At the Madrid Masters-1000 he spoke to Marc Márquez whom he knew very well because they were unified by the test of injuries. “I felt very identify when Rafa Nadal said it in Rome. I felt super identify and I understand him perfectly. In fact, in Madrid I talked to him a bit and I know his foot has a big impact on him and limits him. A lot. But I can’t find a solution or anything “.

“They gave me a solution, which is the most important thing. They gave me peace of mind because there is an option to be told that: ‘Well, it’s okay, if you think you need to do the surgery, but we see it more. more or less well. ‘

“An athlete, and more than just a winning athlete, needs achievements, rewards, but not only that: he needs happiness for all that to come and with pain your character changes, you pay for it. to you. These are hard times, you wake up, everything the day the shoulder, the exercises. All day you think, there’s a buzz there. Yes, when I go out racing, when I ride a motorcycle, I don’t thinking. When I think less when someone is behind me.I go on instinct, not I don’t think about the position or anything and more or less coming out, but it comes out after a lap or two, no you can make twenty. it’s been a complicated year and a half, but it has helped me a lot to be harder. I hope it’s a point to ride as I like. It doesn’t mean surgery, win. For me, the trouble -operation and enjoyment again has been a success . “

Last cycling laps

Later, at a press conference at HRC hospitality, he explained about the career that “it left me a taste of making the right decision, because in the last laps I was riding a bike, riding a bike and riding a bike. thinking about the end of the race., I felt very limited, as happened to me at Le Mans, and it only confirmed that feeling, that I had no doubts, but just in case I did, when I got off the bike I thought ‘well, let’s see when we meet. see again, ‘”he explained.

shown already “After the operation, if everything goes well, on Sunday I will go home and I will recover in Madrid, we still have to see how we will do the follow-up, but I will definitely do it in Madrid since Dr Samuel Antuña. is a very good friend and He is connected to Dr. Joaquín Sánchez Sotelo, who will operate on me; that logistics still needs to be seen, but I will do the recovery in Madrid, ”he clarified.

Grateful for the empathy of his rivals

And he is grateful for the response of other pilots to his situation. “The riders know what we live in and even though there is a lot of rivalry, we also have a lot of empathy and when there are injuries, successive, hard falls and difficult moments and, for example, with Aleix, as well as Fabio or Martín., We had scuffles, for example, Martin at Silverstone ‘I took him last year’ and no rancor, hard moments, but then we all had a lot of empathy and respect for each other ” .

“Just now, I met Pecco, the winner of the race, and he also said a very good word to me. I hope the operation goes well and I can fight again, because the rivalry remains on the track and the respect is gone. It’s very good. of it, “said Márquez.

Your favorites in the title

Of his favorites for the title, Marc Márquez said he has no preference, although he prefers a Spanish champion, but he assures: “The one that surprises me the most right now is Quartararo, I didn’t expect him to is in attack mode and how he did, I think that will give him wings.Pecco, if he strings together two or three consecutive victories, he could be one of the references, but the big surprise and the big underdog is Aleix Espargaró, everyone has talked about the Aprilia and whether this or that, but the Aprilia de Viñales cuts me by half a second per lap and Aleix is ​​at war, so not only Aprilia but also Aleix is ​​taking advantage of the bike, mag- we enjoy. from the sofa but we hope to get back soon and fight them “.

And, in this regard, he had an impact on the title: “If I take care, it would be better if he stays in Spain, ultimately as a rider of Spain is another World Cup that we Spanish riders have. Have; no Honda or Repsol Honda fighting for the title, so I have no preference, may the best win, even if they are all very consistent; Pecco may still fail, but he is also the fastest and most consistent. both Quartararo and Aleix, it will be interesting “, stressed Marc Márquez.