Marc Marquez: "My mental health would be finished" if I stayed at Honda
“I said to them ‘maybe I will do one more year he𝄹re then finish my career'"

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez has shed light on a tense conversation with Honda, where he admitted one more year in the team 💛would end his caree🍃r.
M𓆏arquez opted to quit Honda - the 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 unwanted personal record for the amou෴nt of c🤪rashes.
“It was a super difficult decision,” he told TNT Sports about ending his Honda stay with a year re💛maining on his deal.
“It wasn’t listening to my heart. It was just ☂thinking about what’s best for my future.
♑“My future is that I want to be a MotoGP rider for man🅰y more years.
“The Repsol Honౠda team was my life, my career. It was super hard. My mechanics, my technicians, s✨ponsors are there.
“I said to them ‘maybe I will do one moꦅre year here then finish my career becauseꦇ my mental health would be finished’.
“So, I took this decision. Now I can thiꦜnk about which team I 𓄧will ride next year for!”
Joining Gresini has resulted in the smile 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 reason why I took this decision - to answer to myself i🎉f I am competitive enough.
“The answer is yes, I am competitive. 👍Then, another thing is to be extra competitive to fight 𝕴for the title.
“Now, I am competitive to figꦿht for the top five with the top boys. This makes me happy.”
In three rounds of the 2024 season, Marqu✃ez has scored two P2 finishes in sprint races🅰, and a P4 in the Qatar grand prix.
Meanwhile, his former team’s nightmare endures.
Thr🍬ee Hondas failed to finish the Americas MotoGP last weekend, while Luca Mariꦍni (who teammate Joan Mir described as a survivor just for making it to the end) finished last of the riders to complete the distance.
Marini, Marquez’s replacement at Reps🐻ol Honda, is one of just two MotoGP riders without a point this se♏ason.

James w🌠as a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.