The way in which Marc Márquez has been able to turn around a start to the season marked by his shoulder injury has been quite a feat. A driver with nine titles and a financially settled life, who had returned to the top, could have decided to leave things as they were. But if not, it wouldn’t be Marc Márquez.
And the current champion has turned the tables and is now third overall, 18 points behind Jorge Martín, who is the leader with half the season remaining. And just taking advantage of the summer break, Marc chatted with the YouTuber Soy Blak, leaving us some interesting statements about his physical condition, how he approaches racing and what will come to us in terms of motorcycles from 2027.
One of the points that is evident right now with Márquez is the physical issue and how he is feeling. From the outside you can see that he is getting better every day, but better does not mean well and free from pain. In fact, he says it very clearly: “An athlete, as age and injuries increase, must live with the pain, he cannot always complain, otherwise he spends all day in physiotherapy. I cannot sleep on my right side because of my arm. I am prohibited from doing so.”
A situation that has taken away, as he acknowledges, a lot of free time: “Having had so many injuries, I do cardiovascular training, another for strength, then recovery and another specific complementary training for the right arm.”
The environment is fundamental for Marc Márquez
A situation for which he has relied on his closest environment. And we must not forget that all the years of difficulties that he suffered after the Jerez 2020 injury took their toll on him emotionally as they would have done to anyone: “No, my great psychological help comes from the people I have around me. I have been lucky to have healthy people who have respected me. Certain moments, such as injuries and recovery periods, are hard physically but even more so mentally.”
To top it off, Marc has not pulled any punches when it comes to evaluating the new 850. He does not talk to us about the bike itself, but he does tell us what he thinks of the regulations while predicting that from the outside there will not be a noticeable change in speed: “I tested it in Brno, it goes less fast, but I don’t think the public notices it. I think the biggest change is the tires. I expected them to reduce the aerodynamics more, I would have liked them to remove it more.”
And, for the nine-time champion, aerodynamics is part of the problem for the show: «Evidently, without aerodynamics you could have more group races, as happens in Moto3, while in MotoGP it is more difficult, because you lose aerodynamic force and the bike runs worse. You have to get used to it, each era has its positive aspects and its negative aspects.”
