Marc Marquez, a friend’s confession

Marc Marquez’s friend

Marc Marquez’s stop is holding court the day after the Assen weekend.

La Repubblica in particular taking stock of the situation revealed a backstory: “The summer break will serve above all to Marquez and Quartararo, who came out physically and psychologically destroyed from the first part of the season. The Cannibal did not race yesterday: suffering from a rib fracture, his clan breathed a sigh of relief because – one of his best friends let slip – ‘he’s not there with his head and who knows what else could have happened in the race.’ Marc is challenged, the ordeal has been going on since 2020, Honda won’t be competitive again for a few years, and he could leave a season early for Austrian KTM.”

After six titles won by Valentino Rossi in eight years it was Spanish riders who took the lion’s share of the MotoGp world championship. From 2012 to 2020 only they have won, with Jorge Lorenzo a two-time world champion, Marc Marquez (6) and Joan Mir, triumphant in 2020 with his Suzuki.