For the first time, the word "retirement" from active motorcycling appears publicly in Marc Márquez's circle. It was in the closest circle, through the mouth of his brother, Alex, who will be his teammate next year in the Gresini Ducati team.
As Àlex Márquez confessed in Indonesia at the microphone of the British cable media TNT Sports, "Marc is very smart, and he has told me that, if he doesn't enjoy next year, he will retire. That's how it is, and that is a possibility that exists." .
Retirement is an option that Marc Márquez had repeatedly ruled out after his string of injuries and his very long recovery, which has ruined his 2020, 2021 and 2022 championships.
The annus horribilis 2023, with a Honda unable to give good results, has made the 93 decide to break its contract with the winged firm, after 11 seasons of relationship in MotoGP (since 2013), as announced on the 4th October.
Days later, at the last Indonesian GP, the Gresini team officially announced the signing of Marc for 2024, for a single season.
For this reason, Àlex Márquez was asked the reason for his brother's short contract, to which he responded: "Having only one year of contract is because he wants to check if he can enjoy this world again."
According to his younger brother, Marc Márquez, "he wants to know if he can be fast again after his injury."
"I don't have any doubts, but he seems to. It makes all the sense in the world that he has them [the doubts], because I had them when I was at Honda, last year," commented Àlex.
The youngest Márquez is convinced, however, that his brother will adapt to the Ducati and that he will feel like a competitive rider again. "I'm sure that the first day he gets on the bike, in the tests in Valencia, he will enjoy himself again. Then, those doubts that he has in his head will disappear."
