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The sun shines at Turn 3 in Jerez as the stewards stroll and it is hard to think that in this quiet corner, one of the few unnamed turns on the track,

Marc Márquez

discovered himself on the edge of the abyss. Nine months ago, here he flew off, fell to the asphalt on his right shoulder and, to top it off, his Honda took him ahead. Then came the operations, the mistakes, the lost World Cup, the very long rehabilitation and even the danger of never being Marc Márquez again. This Friday, already recovered, back to the championship, he will return to ground zero from his injury and, as he says, he will do so without fear. Although that curve 3 is still tattooed on his arm.

"It will be an emotion, but in this circuit I have good and bad memories and I want to keep the good ones because there are more. For me it is important that, after everything I lived in Portimao, this is a normal weekend. My state physical is very similar to what I had 15 days ago, but I want to drive better, "explained Márquez this Thursday shortly after his arrival at the track.

Here in 2009 he climbed to his second podium in the World Championship, in 125cc, behind only

Bradley Smith

. Here in 2013 he snatched

second place

from

Jorge Lorenzo

with a controversial action at the last corner. Here he won in magical 2014, in 2018 and in 2019. Here he always stood on the podium in MotoGP, except last year, the cursed year. "Now my goal is not yet to fight for victory or for the podium. I don't want to set any goals for myself. My physique points me to the limit and I am aware of it," said the six-time MotoGP champion who, in keeping with his new maxim - "There is only one body and you have to take care of it" - he barely trained before flying to Jerez.

"From Portimao to here I have only done a little cycling and a little gym, but always very calm. My body asked me to relax. I am still taking a lot of antibiotics and that is why I need a lot of time to recover from the efforts. Mentally it is difficult feel that way at 28, but soon I will stop taking antibiotics and I hope that everything will be easier, "said Márquez who, to the question of a follower through Zoom, proclaimed a change in his way of approaching racing:" Now I see that I have to choose the right moment to take the risk. "

Whether he complies with it or not is something else.

After his seventh place in Portimao, with only 10 points under his belt, he is 46 points

behind

the leader,

Fabio Quartararo

, but this season, unlike last, the World Cup is long, very long.

Several of his rivals, including Quartararo himself, admitted this Thursday that they already consider Márquez a candidate for victory, who will soon be ahead.

He denies it, but knows the symbolic weight that a victory or at least a podium would have in Jerez this Sunday.

Here, at Turn 3 that almost retires him, a sunny and very quiet place where the stewards were walking this Thursday, he can begin his comeback.

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