Marc Marquez was near calling it quits on bike racing in 2023, however a swap to extra aggressive equipment revived his need to proceed competing.
After profitable six MotoGP titles in seven seasons, Marquez encountered persistent harm issues between 2020–2022, and within the intervals the place he might race he discovered the Honda RC213V he’d piloted since 2013 to be in continuous decline in comparison with its rivals.
A swap to the satellite tv for pc Gresini group in 2024, and to year-old Ducati equipment, noticed Marquez return to competitiveness, podium rivalry, and in the end the highest step of the rostrum.
“For me, the transfer I did final yr has already been a hit, as a result of, if not, this yr I’d announce my retirement,” Marquez affirmed when chatting with MotoGP.com.
“One yr in the past, I had numerous query marks in my thoughts, I had many doubts. Then, after one yr, all these doubts disappear and I come again in a aggressive degree.
“We won’t say the extent of 2019, we’ll say in a aggressive degree that is sufficient to proceed pushing, to proceed working, and particularly to have that particular spirit of MotoGP.
“We style once more that victory, that podium, that particular depth that, whenever you’re combating on the highest, is totally different.”
Marquez defined that the time he spent with out profitable — having received a lot since he entered the premier class in 2013, and even additional again to 2010 when he began profitable within the 125cc class — meant that he was in a position to change his perspective on success in MotoGP.
“When you’re a very long time with out that [winning] feeling, then you definitely begin to overlook,” he stated.
“However, whenever you really feel it once more, after the victory in Aragon and Misano, you need extra. It’s like a drug, you need extra, and extra, and extra.
“I loved [twice as much], as a result of prior to now victories had been regular, and now we perceive that victories are usually not the traditional factor.
“Victories give to you numerous confidence. It’s one thing that, after three or 4 years struggling lots, 4 surgical procedures within the arm, and after not getting good outcomes, you begin to lose confidence, you begin to have query marks: ‘Is it the bike, is it me, is it my bodily situation?’
“Step-by-step it’s essential to reply these questions, and rebuild that confidence with some podiums, good races, pole positions, Dash victories, after which important race victories was super-important.”
