• Motorcycles: The pending challenges of Marc Márquez

Exactly 48 hours after lifting the already famous billiard ball with the number eight, Marc Márquez appeared on the Repsol Campus in Madrid . The employees of the entity, dressed in caps and shirts of 93, piled up at the door of the main auditorium. The offices must be deserted. " I'm still getting my voice back after the celebration, " said the Repsol Honda rider, six-time MotoGP champion (eight among all categories).

Seven of the legend Giacomo Agostini (15), everyone speculates on what their roof may be. He cautiously: « I think it is almost impossible to reach him . It would mean winning almost twice the championships I have won so far. I do not want to say that it is impossible, I do not like that word, but almost impossible.

Back in February, in this same building, Repsol presented the season in a joint press conference with Márquez and Jorge Lorenzo . Then, Cervera suffered those shoulder pains that forced him to go through the operating room. But that is history. In fifteen grand prizes, nine victories. Only one race in which he did not get on the podium. It was in Austin, where he suffered the only fall of the year. «It was one of the hardest winters of my life because the injury could not because the injury could not do what I liked the most, which was to ride a motorcycle. In spite of everything, it has been the most solid year of my career, ”he said.

The weekend of Thailand , which was his first match ball to achieve the championship, began with fright. Two falls in training on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, "the toughest of recent years" forced him to go through the hospital. Despite the initial scare, everything remained nothing. «If I was afraid of hurting myself, I wouldn't get on the motorcycle. If I have to fall twenty times to get the most out of it, I will, ”he said.

Last Sunday, after managing to overcome Quartararo in the last turn -which he predicts a "bright" future-, Roser Alentá, Marc's mother, told Marca about the suffering he had experienced throughout the weekend, especially after training accidents: "When I return home I will scold you for everything that has made me go through." "He thrashed me, " Márquez confirmed with a laugh. "Those around are always much more scared," he said.

One of those people who "was very scared" was his brother Álex Márquez , leading the classification in the Moto2 category. With 30 points ahead of Augusto Fernández in the absence of four races, the little one of the Márquez is one step away from mooring his second world championship (in 2014 he won the Moto3 title). "The championship is being won," said Marc, who reiterated that he would change his title for his brother's this course: "Hopefully we will soon run together in MotoGP."

The one from Cervera, who climbed for the first time on a motorcycle at the age of three, ruled out a future over the dunes, as Fernando Alonso is doing in recent months. The two-time Formula 1 champion is experiencing in first person the difficulty of driving on dunes in the Morocco rally. The Dakar will be his next goal, but not Marquez's. Not long term. «I really like the land. I have it pending, but as a hobby. I will never compete in the Dakar. It's something I don't think about .

Between applause and cheers of the fans present in the auditorium, the world champion finished the press conference remembering Angel Nieto , the Spanish driver with the most championships in history, 13. «He introduced motorcycling in Spain. It is a mirror in which all the pilots look at each other. I don't know if I can beat him, time will tell. I am living a dream and I hope it goes on for a long time, ”concluded a plethoric Márquez, who overcoming the records of the greatest does not take away his dream. Not even the nine world championships of Valentino Rossi , his idol as a child, which he could match in 2020.

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