MotoGP Germany: Marc Marquez: Signing four-year deal with Honda “wasn’t a mistake”

Despite Honda’s current MotoGP woes, Marc Marquez says that committing his future to the Japanese manufacturer with a four-year deal was not a mistake.
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Sachsenring 2023
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Sachsenring 2023

Marqꦚuez signed his current deal with Honda just months before suffering a ꦗbroken arm at Jerez in 2020, an injury that followed his most prolific season in MotoGP.

But while situational circumstances like the pandemic, injuries and Honda’s regression couldn’t have been foreseen,🧔 Marquez has repeatedly backed Honda despite them being in the midst of arguably their worst period in MotoGP.

Ma𒀰rquez, who is regularly being asked about his future in the lead up to MotoGP weekends, clai💫med that the current contract he signed was not a mistake.

"At that moment [2019], it wasn’t a mistake. I still don🐼’t believe it was a mistake," said Marquez. "I couldn’t imagine I would break my arm, that I would have four surgeries, that there would be a pandemic, that the pandemic would affect Asia [where Honda is based] more than Europe.

"All these things, you cannot control. The target from that four years was to win f🐓our ch🦄ampionships. 

"We didn’t achieve that. Now we have other problems, trying to be c𒀰ompetitive at all tracks."

After Suzuki’s withdraw📖al from MotoGP, several new members joined Honda including Ken Kawauchi as Technical Director.

However, Honda still find themselves lacking performance compared to all the European🧸 manufactureಌrs.

Marquez has admitted that he’s ready to win again and while 2024 might seem a long way away, the in-season test at Misano later this year will be the first chance to🌺 see whether Honda can give Marquez a ꦫbike that lets him show his potential. 

Marquez added: "Ma🐭ny people joined the project this year. Their work is for next year’s project, we will see it 🌸at the Misano test.

"Now, we need something more. It’s not only one rider, but all Honda rid🥃ers, who suffer.

"I am on the first row but not in the best way, always following Ducati riders. Th💞is is useless.&ꦿnbsp;

"𒉰In the slipstream yo🔯u gain some tenths but it’s not the way. We will receive something in the Misano test for 2024."

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