Marc Marquez has opened up about the “risk” of racing ꦿto a former Isle of♛ Man TT rider.

Adam Child raced around the Mounta꧙in Course for 11 years, ending in 2018 with a personal-best finish of P5.

He interviewed Marque🍨z for The Telegraph about the MotoGP star’s horrific injury history and why he continues racing.

Marc Marquez on MotoGP risk and injury

“S⛎omet𝄹imes even I ask why I keep going,” Marquez confessed.

“But motorbikes are my passion. If you ask what is my hobby? I say ‘m﷽ꦆotorbikes’.

“Riding motorbikes is my biggest hobby an🎃d i🍨t has become my job.

“I’m super lucky to have ꦰthis job and I want to keep going.”

Marquez co𝕴ntinued: “On the bike, I take full risk every time because that is my job.

“When you are crashing, sliding down the racetrack, you are only thജinking about getting to the spare bike in the pits.

“Sometimes you understand 🍰the crash, sometimes no. But we are not scared about crashing.

“If you understand th💃e crash, you braked too late for example, and you know why you crash, you can push again str🍌aight away.”

Marc Marquez explains new attitude

The arm injury he notoriously suffered ཧin 2020 threatened his career and his health.

Marquez returned🐲 on an uncompetitive Ho๊nda which he tried to push beyond its limit.

That resulted in multiple highsides, and a crash-fest at the 2023 German MotoGP at the Sachsenring. He withdrew before the grand prix at a circuit which he traditionally enjoy💛ed.

A move to Gresini Ducati re-lit his fire. He had a competitive bike, and won races again. Crucially, the danger of const⛄ant crashes𓂃 disappeared.

This year on a fac🐻tory Ducati Marquez is among the two favou🧸rites for the 2025 MotoGP championship.

He dominated last weekend's season-opener in Thailand, claiming pole position then winning the sprint and the grand pr💞ix.

“Five years ago, before the injuries, winning was the no𓆉rmal thing,” he said.

“Now I realise that winning is not a normal thing. After all the injuries anꦐd four or five lౠong operations in the arm, now if I take a win, it’s like a present.

“I have had a great career, and now I’m back to pushing the limits to try to improv💎e.

“ Last year I did the most difficult thing in my cജareer♛ and that was to come back from those injuries and win again with Gresini.”

Marquez’s more m♑ature🎶 approach to risk-taking extends beyond motorcycle racing.

Speaking at Ducati’s season launch on the ski mountains of I𒈔taly, he said: “When I was 20 years old I would crash two or three times when skiing, trying to go fast.

“But, at 3🌼1, I realise 𒐪what an injury is, what an injury can do.

“So I ta🤪ke my time, I am calm on the skis and take risks only on the racetrack – which is my job.”