Jorge Lorenzo says the level of fitness Marc Marquez showed at Honda was so high that the team could have won trophies even if the team had not been reduced.
Marquez He had won four championships and six in seven seasons when he broke his arm in the first round of the 2020 season.
Between 2013 and 2017, Marquez’s teammate (Dani Pedrosa) always finished in the top 6 of the championship. But the result from across the garage is the Honda’s direction indicator.
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Pedrosa dropped to 11th in 2018 before deciding to retire, and Lorenzo, who was plagued by injury, finished 19th in his one and only season.
With Marquez out for the rest of 2020, his brother Alex and his successor Stefan Bradl were both mid-table. In the year It was the same for Pol Espargaro in 2021 and 2022, while Joan Mir finished at the end of 2023.
However, despite his lack of fitness between four separate surgeries, Marquez was still competitive when he rode. In the year He won three races in 2021 and a year later had eight top-6 finishes in 12 outings.
He even pulled the weakest 2023 machine on the Motegi stage. That’s why he thinks Lorenzo could have extended his title run.
“Marquez is 33 years old, and he’s been incredibly lucky with injuries for a long time, but now he’s got a ton of injuries under his belt, and that’s going to hurt him,” Lorenzo said. Make a mark. “In Márquez’s case, we saw a physical peak in 2019.
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“We’ll never see that peak again, a perfect body without injury and able to drive equally well on both sides. No, now he always has to compensate, always has to adjust, and that gives his rivals an advantage.”
“Physically perfect Márquez, just in 2012.
Marquez is cleared to return at the Italian Grand Prix. This weekend, as long as practice comes without problems. He missed the main races at Le Mans and the entire Catalan GP weekend after procedures on his leg and shoulder.
Considering he was out for four races at the end of last year with a shoulder injury, there are concerns that Marquez is past his best.
His off-color performances in the early rounds of 2026 are at least partly down to a radial nerve strain, but he will need to return to top form quickly if he is to have any chance of defending his title. The gap to leader Marco Bezecchi is 85 points.
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