Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez’s surprising reversal.

Honda centaur Marc Marquez is back to talk about the rivalry with the Doctor

Honda centaur Marc Marquez in an interview with Corriere della Sera has returned to talk about his rivalry with Valentino Rossi: “He has been part of my career, along with Jorge Lorenzo and Pedrosa with whom we had good duels. The battle with him, however, was of another intensity, of a very great magnitude. There was a before and after between us.”

Compared to other interviews, the Catalan rider surprisingly opens a glimmer of rapprochement with the Doctor: “Us talking sitting around a table? Never say never. It won’t happen tomorrow, but maybe in 20-30 years who knows.”

Marquez also returned to talk about his nightmare years after the Jerez injury: “I wanted to retire, I still get teary-eyed thinking about it. I had talked about it for a month with my father, with my friend-assistant Jose, it was one of the possibilities. But being an athlete and an ambitious person, I looked for one last chance. With the fourth operation.”