Marco Bezzecchi
Marc Marquez has admitted that his swathe of injuries in recent years has caused him to struggle to identify what 100% fitness now looks like for him.
Renowned as one of the most aggressive riders to ever compete in the premier class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Marc Marquez’s biggest weakness on a MotoGP prototype has often been regarded as himself due to his nature of only competing on the very limit.
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In fact, before he had even made it to MotoGP, Marquez’s ‘daredevil’ antics forced Jim Redman into the impression that he wouldn’t last once he made it to the premier class. 13 years later, and the Spaniard is now a seven-time world champion in the category.
However, those titles haven’t come without some sacrifice. Since the beginning of the 2020 campaign, Marquez has been riding with half of a functional right arm, and he has struggled to maximise performance in right-hand turns as a result.
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Marc Marquez admits he ‘no longer’ knows what his 100% is after injury setbacks
During an appearance on the Tengo un Plan podcast, Marquez revealed the extent of his previous injuries in MotoGP and how they still affect him today.
Interestingly, the reigning world champion noted how the multitude of setbacks that he’s experienced in recent years has meant that he no longer knows what full fitness looks like for him.
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The Ducati star explained, “One of the questions the press asks me is, ‘Are you at 100%?’ And my answer is, I no longer know what my 100% is after an injury.
“You don’t know; some injuries affect you more, others less. But, after opening up your body, when you have an injury, your 100% drops.
“Maybe it drops by 3%, 10% or 20%, but it drops. And so you don’t know what your 100% is. You have to keep pushing.”
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Marc Marquez also detailed the mental side of returning to circuits he has crashed at in the past
Marquez went on to explain the mental challenges of returning to a circuit that he has previously injured himself at in the past. He used the example of the Circuito de Jerez, the site of his horrific 2020 crash, which ruled him out of the entirety of that campaign.
“One of the hardest things is a corner where you’ve had a major injury, or rather, not just a corner, but a whole circuit. The entire circuit. You get there, and there’s a bad vibe.
“You’ve got a circuit where you’ve won championships, and you get there, and there’s a good vibe, even if things go badly, better or worse, but there’s a good vibe.
“For example, the Jerez corner, turn 3 on that circuit, has neither a good nor a bad vibe. I mean, it’s neutral because I have lots of good memories and only one bad one, which is that one.
“But that turn three at Jerez… I mean, I’m heading there in two months’ time. I go out, and in the first practice session, I struggle to go through there with confidence, but then you start to loosen up and get into that focused mode where you forget everything else.”
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