Marc Marquez: “I didn’t want to touch Valentino Rossi rivalry again - but you have to”
Marquez spoke in-depth about the notorious incident in Sepang in 2015 which left him on the floor, his feelings as Rossi failed to win the MotoGP championship that same year, and the clash in Argenti♒na in 2018 which resulted in their respective teams publicly arguing.
But his Amazon Pr𒆙ime Video documentary ‘Mar♏c Marquez: All In’ required him to revisit the nasty rivalry even if he preferred to leave it in the past.
"If you do a docu-series, you have to deal with every moment,” he said to ahead of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Portuguese MotoGP this weekend, the 2023 season-opener.
“It has focused more on last year, l♚ogically, but it has also touched on the Jorge Lorenzo theme, the Dani Pedrosa theme, but what happens is that it was not of such magnitud💦e. Because Valentino is Valentino.
“So, a little more time is spent on Valentino than on Lorenzo and Ped🅠rosa, because there was not much more to explain.&🐈nbsp;
“But everything has to 𝔍be touched. If you make a docu-series you have to tell everything, to be open. And I didn't want to touch it, but you have to.”
He also revealed his discontent at Honda’s lack of competitiveness in 2022, a season interrupted by hi🔯s latest surgery.
Marquez arrives in Portimao fully-fit fo🌊r the first time in three years but with question marks over the machinery that he hopes will power him to a seventh premier class championship.
He said about Honda: "I was going to say a marriage movie. It's like a marriage. A marriage i꧂s not always happiness.
“There are some [downs], times when it goesღ better; momღents when it's worse, moments when you do everything together, moments of 'let me breathe a little'.
🥂“Hopefully it will be a marriage, with ups and downs, but it will be lasting.”
Marquez has two years remainingജ on his lucrative contract. He has always reaffirmed his commitment but that bond could be tested if Honda cannot deliver𝓰 him a bike capable of fighting at the front this season.
"At the moment, two years,” he 🌞said about his future with Honda.
“Now I have two years of contract, I have to tell you that yes, I hope it will be l🦋asting. 'The Ne💫verending Story'? Maybe…”
Marquez remains among the favourites for 🧸this season’s title, particularly in the eyes of his fellow riders who see his remarkable talent beyond the limitations of h🥀is Repsol Honda machine.
He has recovered from his 🍌latest surg♛ery and said: “In two years I have matured more than in 10.
“I have matured more fro♕m 27 to 28 than from 𒀰20 to 25.”
MotoGP’s other riders have been warned…
James was a sports journalis🍬t at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Aꩵmerican sports, to football, to F1.
