In July 2020, he started a Hell for Marc Márquez. the one of cervera he fell off his motorcycle on the circuit Sherry, fracturing the humerus and having to undergo surgery. From there, He has been operated four times and suffered diplopia, which prevented him from doing what he likes the most, getting on a motorcycle. In the documentary ‘Marc Márquez: his great victory’, from ‘DAZN’, they explain how the Spanish pilot experienced this situation.
“As I have lived it, with him, It has been the worst moment of his sporting life. He hasn’t enjoyed riding a motorcycle for a long time, suffering for a long time riding a motorcycle and that’s something he’s not used to. He wants to enjoy himself again,” says Santi Hernández, his chief mechanic.
“It’s still the same Marc, but when I was living those difficult momentsWhat you need is time for yourself and you don’t dedicate the time to other people because what worries you the most is your injury. He was going through such an important phase of his life that he had never encountered and it’s normal to isolate yourself“, Add.
Some of his trusted mechanics also give their points of view, such as Carlos Liñán: “He has changed a lot in his way of approaching each training session. It’s a bit different. I don’t know if it will last over time, but the essence has not lost it“.
Jordi Castelá highlights his mentality: “It’s surprising that he goes on and on. When he sees a possibility, he always comes back. He has an unwavering mind and strength“. Javier Ortiz, another mechanic, goes along the same lines: “His mental capacity never ceases to amaze to always go forward; never back. She has never thrown in the towel and I think she never will.”
Marc Márquez thought about retirement
His brother Álex confesses that his brother thought about withdrawing. “He had never spoken openly to me about a withdrawal. That day he talked about it. He had never thought about what I am going to do after motorcycles, but he wants to be linked to this world, helping young people as he has already done. But I told him: ‘Don’t be silly that in four days you’ll be back on the bike’”.
“We have seen him turn around situations that at that time were believed to be the limit until this one arrived. This has indeed been more than the limit. He has exceeded many points that he had as a limit. It has had to be overlaid four times. It has been the one in which he has grown the most, the one in which he has learned the most, the one that in the future will make him even stronger”, he assures Alex Marquez.
Santi Hernández reveals that his last trick was a fourth operation: “His fourth operation was his last card to play and it was all or nothing.. He didn’t know if it could be the final one, that he could fix his injury or that they would have told him: ‘Nothing can be done, you have to retire’. It has been the decisive moment of her career, of having a bad time, when the ghosts come to you, many things come to mind “.
However, Marc is now fully recovered and is already looking optimistically to the future. After two years of operations, rehabilitation and gyms, the man from Cervera managed to get on the bike in the last races of the 2022 seasonand hopes that in 2023 the best can return Marc Márquez.