Marc Marquez: "My mental health would be finished" if I stayed at Honda

“I🦄 said to them ‘maybe I will do one more year here then finish my career'"

Marc Marquez, MotoGP race, Valencia MotoGP, 26 November
Marc Marquez, MotoGP race, Valencia MotoGP, 26 November

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez has shed ෴light on a tense conversation with Honda, where he admitted one more year in the team would end his career.

Marquez opted to quit Honda - thඣe team that delivered his six MotoGP titles - 🔯to join Gresini Ducati this year.

So far, he has fought at the front multiple times in a stark contrast to last season, a year where he broke an u✃nwanted personal record for the amount of crashes.

“It was a super dif🅷ficult decision,” he told TNT Sports about ending his Honda stay with a yea༺r remaining on his deal.

“It wasn’t listening to m✤y heart. It was💝 just thinking about what’s best for my future.

“My future is that I want to be a🔜 MotoGP rider fo⛎r many more years.

“The Repsol Honda team was my life, my career. It was super hard. My m൲echanics, my technicians, sponsors arౠe there.

“I said to them ‘maybe I will do one mo🐠re year here then finish my career because my mental health would be finished’.

“So, I took this 🌃decision. Now I can think about which team I will ride next year for!”

Joining Gresini has resul♏ted in the smi🔯le returning to Marquez’s face.

“I am enjoying it,” he said.

“It’s not the same to approach a weekend thinking of being in the top 10, or the top five or fight for the ♈podium.

“This is the main reas🍌on why I 🗹took this decision - to answer to myself if I am competitive enough.

“The answer is yes, I am competitive. Then,꧒ another thing is to be eౠxtra competitive to fight for the title.

“Now, I am competitive to fight for the top f🐟ive with the top boys. Thiꦍs makes me happy.”

In three rounds of the 2024 season, Marquez has scored two P2 finishes in sprint races,🃏 and a P4 in the Qatar grand prix.

Meanwhile, his former team’s nightmare endures.

Three Hondas failed to finish the﷽ Americas MotoGP last weekend, while Luca Marini (who teammate Joan Mir described as a survivor just for making it to the end) fi🀅nished last of the riders to complete the distance.

M🌱arini, Marquez’s replacement at Repsol Honda, is one of just two MotoGP riders without🔴 a point this season.

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