In a YouTube video for Honda, Marquez opens up on the level of trust and confidence he has in his crew, many of whom have been with him thr🅠ougᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhout his MotoGP career

“The persons around me, are the most important,” Marquez said. “Because I'm a person that you can [think], ‘he's really strong’. Yeah, I can be strong, it depends on the situation, but I need to have the persons [around 𒆙me] that if for some reason I have some doubt, I need to share everything. If it's a good news or bad.

“It’s impossible to keep everything to yourself... With my [crew], it's like my bunker. Inside the track, I'm able to speak [with] them, about everything and they are able to speak with 🅷me, or against me. Because I will understand and I will accept, because we have the confidence in each other.”

Such unfiltered communication is especially i❀mportant in difficult times, as currently experienced not just for Marquez - currently recovering from a fourth operation on his right arm - but also Honda, which is struggling to finish in the top ten.

“Everybody is doing his 100%, but now in a difficult situation, the most important is to keep the motivation of everybody,” said Marquez, who returned to the Mot♉oGP ✤paddock at the Red Bull Ring for a first-hand update on Honda’s situation and plans for the future.

“It's so difficult to try new items during a race weekend. Because you need to set up the bike, check the tyres and [often] the weather is changing between morning and afternoon. So it's so difficult to try a new chassis or new s�ꦏ�wingarm in a race weekend.

“The most important thing is that everybody accepts in the team that we are in a difficult moment and as ൩soon you accept [that], it's time to work, time to try to understand the best way t💯o improve for the future.”

Recently cleared to start training on motorcycles, Marquez is now on the verge of what will be the fourth comeback from injury since July 2020. A MotoGP return at the upcoming Misano test, on September 6-7, looks possible - but Marquez admitsꦐ he now takes a much more cautious approach to injuries.

“The fear about your futureꦏ, for example, the situation I’ve had about the injury, two years ago I didn't feel,” he said. “Two years ago I said, ‘my body is for riding a bike’.

“Of course, 𓂃the [level of] risk I will take on track will always be the same, because it's my mentality and I cannot ride in another way.

“But the way to approach the injuries, the way to approach my future, is changing. Not only for me [with my inj𒈔uries] but because it’s not the same mentality when you are 20 years old and when you are 30.”

Marquez will celebrate his 30th birthday next Feb🤡ruary.