A crash at Jerez last year left him unable to hold a bottle of water months later but the six-time MotoGP champion is battling back
Marc Márquez pauses as he ponders what has hit him hardest since injury forced the multiple world champion to climb off his bike. Never happier than when he is racing, he looks up with piercing eyes and delivers a pleasingly frank response. “All the time I miss the feeling of the victory,” he says. “Every time it’s like a drug, you try more and you want more, try more and want more.”
Márquez is unashamedly driven to win and has been since he first experienced the thrill of riding when he was four. With his place among the greats of motor racing secure, Márquez has nothing to prove but is riding a long, testing road as if he still did. Watching him is gripping, this fascinating narrative of a young man who enjoyed almost untouchable heights having to acknowledge his own limitations. Enduring the toughest test of his career and life, Márquez is putting himself through a painfully tough and public process to make an extraordinary comeback.
Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/20/marc-marquez-arm-crash-jerez-motogp under the title “Marc Márquez: ‘I was afraid I would not have a normal arm again’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
