Marc Marquez: “Could’ve been selfish, got paid a fortune, but I stepped aside”
The outgoing eight-time world champion was questioned at the Malaysian MotoGP if his exit has 🃏left Honda in major trouble.
They still haven’t replaced Marqu💖ez, who will head to Gresini Ducati, with less than ཧthree weeks until the postseason test in Valencia.
ಌMarquez’s reꦦsponse to being quizzed about leaving Honda in bad shape was to tell : “I don't see it that way.
“In the end, Honda has a world champion in the box, which is Joan🏅 Mir, who is not very far from m♈y level.
“And I think that what Honda needs right now, and I have said it many times, is ti𝓰me.
“Honda is Honda, and it wil🉐l come back up with me in t🐷he box or without my presence.
“But yes, ob🌌viously, we have been in a difficult situatio꧃n for two or three years and, logically, Honda is Honda and it is going to come back to the top.
“They need time, there 🅠are riders who have more time than others, and I⭕ consider that right now my priority is different.
“I'm in a situation where I could be selfish, and be inside the 🔥box riding around on the motorcycle and be paid a fortune.
“But I think that all that 🧜fortune has to go to the development of the motorcyꦬcle.
“And I step aside, I prioritise the sport, which is🅰 trying to have fun on the bike, as I have always done.”
Friday practice atꦏ Sepang for the Malaysian MotoGP was topped by Gresini Ducati’s⛦ Alex Marquez, Marc’s brother and future teammate.
Marc said about his own efforts, where he was 15th-f𓆉astest: "Today I tried to push and give my best, as always.
“There are tracks where I have 🐠bad pace, but a good attempt at one lap ജand today was the opposite.
“The pace was n🍌ot bad at all, especially on the second outing on the track.
“Since yesterday we knew that this was going to be a track that was going to be diffic🤡ult for us and, when you know that you are going to suffer during a weekend, the impact is less.
“Tomorrow we will see what we can do. ♕It will be difficult to move on to Q2, but we will give 🔯our 100%."
