Monday night's flight from Misano to Madrid must have had a relaxing and enlightening effect for Marc Márquez regarding his future. Just as after testing the new Honda 2024 in the test he expressed his disappointment, "it didn't work as expected", less than 24 hours later, in Madrid, the Cervera rider reiterated, on five occasions, his "commitment" to Honda. Without ensuring that he will continue on the winged team, 93 changed his speech and firmly stated: "Right now I am convinced that I am in the best place to try to succeed in the future."
With a serious face, without a trace of his eternal smile, without the desire to joke, Marc Márquez faced his meeting with the Spanish press, summoned by his sponsor Estrella Galicia, with the script noticeably changed. On up to five occasions in less than 20 minutes of intervention he reiterated his "commitment" to Honda. These were his main reflections:
"I'm not disappointed [with the new bike], because it was a bit what we already expected, since work has been going on. There have also been new faces in the box, but they started recently and they haven't had time to put different things in. on the track. Any human being, in a critical situation, looks for solutions. I have plan A, B and C. I have to think about it carefully. Only my inner circle knows my thoughts."
"I can't force anything, but there isn't much time because the season will end in two months. For now, as I showed in Misano and in the test, my commitment is still maximum because I continue to believe in the project. Maybe we don't have to announce anything. The year I have a contract coming."
"What is going to weigh the most [in deciding] is going to be my mental aspect. Nothing else. I have always been a person who has been guided by instinct, by my own decisions. Mental factor means being calm and convinced of what I choose to be able to succeed. And right now I am convinced that I am in the best place to try to succeed in the future. And we will see. Day by day we will try to evaluate each situation to be convinced before starting."
"Go home? This is plan D. We're not in that, I'm not thinking about it. I feel motivated, I feel eager, I feel level and very good physically. Yes, when I was physically bad I got it to raise, because I was suffering and I was not enjoying on the motorcycle, but now on the motorcycle I feel good, I feel good at all times and I am enjoying my passion which is motorcycling. The only thing is that the results are not there, for a or by b".
"Yes, I think so, or I hope that in six months there will be time to turn around. The ideal would be to try the new bike and have a little step, and there would be room for better, but it was not as we expected and we have to start over "And let's see if they can bring something to Valencia that is at the level or a little better than what we have."
"I have a contract [with Honda] for next year, the commitment is still maximum, but we always look for the best for the project at all times, the commitment is this, with Honda we try to find the best solution for the future to succeed , be it in one year, two or three, but the objective is to succeed and fight for the front positions.
