Marc Marquez has revealed one aspect of his recovery from a shoulder injury ahead of the upcoming MotoGP season.
In the year After winning his seventh MotoGP title at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix, Mark Marquez He suffered a broken collarbone at the race weekend in Indonesia, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
The Spaniard missed the MotoGP post-season test in Valencia to focus on his recovery, which is still ongoing.
Marquez injury is the biggest threatAs it happened, the broken collarbone was on the same arm as the previous shoulder injury he suffered after going through hell for three consecutive seasons.
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Marc Marquez has not fully recovered from his broken collarbone.
Season Ducati Ahead of the season opener for the upcoming MotoGP campaign, Marquez was asked about his current state of fitness and whether he is 100% ready to race at the weekend.
Although the Spaniard is yet to return to the top of his game, he detailed how, before detailing one aspect he has struggled with.
“Resilience,” he said. “For one day I can ride well at a normal level, but on the second day, it falls a lot. This means we have to continue and try to work on long distances.
“I mean, I predicted in advance that I will feel very good on the first day in Malaysia. Malaysia is a difficult test, but I feel the most difficult thing to control is from the first day to the second.
“If I work out in the gym two days in a row, on the second day, I can’t perform as well. That’s something I found last year and I’m doing pretty well.
“We have a month and a half and I think we are in good shape. But to ride a bike one day, I am already at my normal level.”
At the same press time, Marquez stated that he is only thinking about winning. Back to competitive action. As always with Cervera Ant, he is as hungry as ever to capture the world title.
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Despite the injury, Marc Marquez says he hasn’t slowed down.
Of course, the next question for the world champion is whether or not he will miss some performance after another injury to his right hand.
From Marquez’s mouth, he never believed. He replied: “The speed you have, you never lose. In the early days, it was very strong, and I didn’t have the speed for long distances, but in one lap, I had it.”
“Now, step by step, I’m starting to find the speed. This is what I learned from the last injury: if I feel good physically, the speed is there.
“Because of that, I wasn’t worried about losing the Valencia test, I wasn’t worried about losing the Valencia race, because my weak point is my physical side. So, if I take care of this, the speed is there.”
Marquez refers to Gresini’s move as a make-up or break-up transfer His MotoGP career in the future. He would have retired if he didn’t have the speed on race-winning machinery.
Fortunately for him, and everyone else on the grid, the Spaniard still has what it takes, and will continue to do so.
