Marc Marquez on 2025: Pecco Bagnaia “knows the secrets of the bike”
"I 𒆙don’t want to retire in the future thinking ‘maybe…’”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez has given a detaꦗiled d🃏escription of his road back from near-retirement to the factory Ducati seat.
Next season he will step up from Gresini onto MotoGP’s most coveted machine, ꦍalongside current champ♚ion Francesco Bagnaia.
Bag🦹naia is a Ducati stalwart and their star man who must overcome a 24-point deficit to Jorge Martin at this season’s finale in Barcelona to retain his title.
Marquez earned the promotion to the factory team after refusing a switch to Pramac, despite them🅰 being able to also offer a latest-spec Desmosedici.
“I wanted to win, and if I want to win then I need the correct 𒁏bike, just to have a chance,” Marque෴z told TNT Sports.
“Then, of course, you need 🤡to hav🎃e the b*lls to do it!
“I will be fighting a teammate who is a world champion and has b﷽een r🌳iding a Ducati for six years.
'Smile becomes normal'
Marquez has rediscovered his💜 spark this season, since quitting Honda ⛄and moving to Gresini Ducati.
He left behind a lucrative salary at Honda - but also left beh𓃲ind a poor bike which was causing him to crash, and further his extensive list of injuries.
“When you smile a lot, it ꦰbecomes usual and normal,” he said.
“You forget the difficult moments.
“🌠But when you’re in a difficult moment, you put more value i𝔉nto what a good moment means.
“From one day to the othꦑer, I was living my𝔍 best days. But then my nightmare started.
༺“Now, I smile again. It’s💖 even more important than world championships.”
'Hardest moment' of injury described
He said about his injuries, most notable at Jerez in 2020 where his arm problems severely worsened: “On🌳 the mental side, it was one of the most difficult things.
“When you get injurཧed, the firꦬst and second years are no problem.
“But when you are struggling, yo🍎u go to the doctor who says ‘your rehabilitation is done’ but you still don’t feel well?
“Tꦚhen the question marks in your mind ꧟start. You have doubts in yourself.
“This is the hardest moment.”
Marquez won in Ara🦩gon this year, his first Ducati victory, and his first in three years overall.
“The feel𝓡ing was incredible. I had waited a long time,”🉐 he said.
“In 2014 I won 10 races iꦗn a roℱw but now? Just one after two years! So the value changes.
“Before my accident, winning was normal. It was not special. To♎ be seco🐻nd was to lose.
“But winning is not normal because only one rider can ๊win.
🍒“It has changed my perception on sport a𒅌nd racing.”
'My plan is already done'
That victory, a🃏nd his ability to stick at the battle for the championship🦩 until recently, has vindicated what Marquez calls ‘his plan’.
He said: “My plan is already done.
“When I arrived at Gresini, I had a plan.
“The prioওrity was to unde🗹rstand if I could be competitive again.
“The plan was to have a chance to be in a factory team. The best team, on the best bike. That was𓂃 Ducati Lenovo.
“But I needed to show speed because your value i🌺s your last race, not what you have achieved in the past.”
Ja൲mes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
