Marc Marquez on 2025: Pecco Bagnaia “knows the secrets of the bike”
"I don’t want to retire in t💦he future thinking ‘maybe…’”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez has gi🌄ven ﷽a detailed description of his road back from near-retirement to the factory Ducati seat.
Next season he will step up from Gresini onto MotoGP’s most coveted m💧achine, alongside current champion Francesco Bagnaia.
Bagnaia is a Ducati stalwart and their star man who must overcome a 24-point deficit to Jorge Martin at this seas▨on’s finale in Barcelona to retain his title.
Marquez earned the promotion to the factory team after refusing a switch to Pramac, despite ♑ꦅthem being able to also offer a latest-spec Desmosedici.
“I w▨anted to win, and if I want to win then I need the correct bike, just to have a chance,” Marque♏z told TNT Sports.
“Then, of course, yo▨u need🏅 to have the b*lls to do it!
“I will be fighting a teammate who is a world champion a൩n💞d has been riding a Ducati for six years.
'Smile becomes normal'
Marqueꦡz has rediscovered👍 his spark this season, since quitting Honda and moving to Gresini Ducati.
He left behind a lucrative salary at Honda - but also left behind a poor bike which was causing him to crash, and further his extensive lisꦡt of injuries.
“When you smi💙le a lot, it becomes usual and normal,” he sa✅id.
“You forget the difficult moments.
“But when you’re in a difficult mo🔯ment, you put more value into what🎃 a good moment means.
“From one day to the other, I was living my ꦡbest days. But then my nightmare started.
“💜Now, I smile again. It’s even more important than world championꦺships.”
'Hardest moment' of injury described
He said about his injuries, most notable at Jerez in 2020 where his arm problems severely worse⛄ned: “On the mental side, it was one of the most difficult things.
“When you get injured, the first and second years are no pro🌌b⛦lem.
“But when you are struggling, you go to the doct﷽or who says ‘your rehabilitation is done’ but you✤ still don’t feel well?
“Then the question marks in your mind star๊t. You have doubts in yourဣself.
“This is the hardest moment.”
Maﷺrquez won in Aragon this year, his first Ducati victory, and his first in three years overall.
“The feeling was incredible. I had wait🔯ed a long t💝ime,” he said.
“In 2014 I won 10 races in a row but noℱw? Just oneไ after two years! So the value changes.
“Before my acciden♎t, winning was nor💯mal. It was not special. To be second was to lose.
“But winning is🧸 not normal because only one rider can win.
“It has changed my perception on sport andꦍ racing.”
'My plan is already done'
That victory, and his ability to ൲stick at the battle for the championship until recently, 🉐has vindicated what Marquez calls ‘his plan’.
He said: “My plan is already done.
“When I arrived at Gresini, I had a plan.
“The priority was tඣo understand if I 🥂could be competitive again.
“The plan was to have a chance to be in a factory team. The best team, on the best bike. That was D𓆏ucati Lenovo.
“But I needed to show speed because yo🐻ur value is your last race, not what you have achieved in the past.🔴”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footba🤡ll, to F1.
