The agony of Marc Marquez - “like a hammer hitting you…”

Marc Marquez has opened up on his injury-disrupted season - after entering 2023 fully fit, finally.
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The Repsol Honda star came through a career-threatening arm surgery last summer and showed rays of♕ lights at the b𒁏ack end of 2022, to suggest.

A documentary released ahead of this season showed Marquez’s personal turmoil aꦓnd his painstaking comeback.

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“Sacri꧟fice is a good woꦓrd to describe the situation,” he said.

“If you want something, you must say no to mꦫany things.

“I was living in my hometow♌n but I moved to Madrid because the physios and doctors were here.

“I said no to my friends and fa🧔꧂mily. I changed completely my life.

“This is for one target - to win again.

“Not just to be a ‘good’ rider.

“Last winterꦬ I was working in a good way then, at the first race, ‘bang’ another injury.”

Marc Marquez, Miguel Oliveira, MotoGP race, Portuguese MotoGP 26 March
Marc Marquez, Miguel Oliveira, MotoGP race, Portuguese MotoGP 26 March

Marquez, in the very first sprint race at Portimao, clattered into Miguel Olive🧜ira, injuring them both.

He required surgery on a hand, and 🌠𝄹missed three rounds.

“It is like a hammer hitting you,” he said. 

“But you must continue. Keep going.

“That’s what I did. I came back at ꦰLe Mans, and had a good weekend.

“But with one-and-a-half laps toꦛ finish the race, I crashed.

“Another hammer hitting you.

“We will have another opportunity. Each t🍬ime, it is closer and🅰 closer.”

Marquez has yet to complete a grand prix in 2023.

His 👍problems have only worsened - at the Sachsenring, usually among his favouriꦉte circuits, he crashed five times before Sunday’s race and was forced to pull out.

A week later, he rushed a comeback to Assen but 🗹again pulled ou𝓡t of the grand prix, not having recovered enough.

Marquez is 19th in the MotoGP standings with his hopes of a seventh premier class championꦕship gone for at least a year.

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