Marc Marquez, a back story about Portimao has surfaced.

The Marc Marquez case

The Spanish newspaper As, pending the verdict on Honda’s appeal, returning to talk about what happened in Portimao revealed an interesting backstory related to Marc Marquez.

“When the Board of Commissioners informed the eight-time world champion that he would have to serve two Long Lap Penalties, the rider asked several times if the sanction was limited to the Argentina race,” it reads. On the strength of these assurances, Marquez decided to undergo surgery for the fracture in his hand.

After hitting a 125 world championship in 2010 and a Moto2 world championship in 2012, Marc Marquez officially debuted in MotoGp in 2013 on a Honda. Already in his first year in the top MotoGP category, he won the championship ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Daniel Pedrosa. From 2014 to 2019 he wins five more World Championships, not triumphing until 2015, the year in which he serves as the needle in the challenge between Valentino Rossi and Lorenzo.