The Spaniard’s insatiable desire for success means that, in his own words, ‘168澳洲5最新开奖结果:As a rider on the track, I’m 🌌a bast🌟ard!’

Marqu♋ez certainly isn’t unique in that respect and taking-no-prisoners usually goes with the territory of being a multiple MotoGP🐎 champion.

But it meant Marquez was caught a little by surprise when, shortly after announcing he would undergo a fourth operation on his long-suffering right arm, a succession of rivals 🌞offered gestures of support during the slowdown lap at Mugello. 

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“That was a really nice and emotional lap, because ♊you feel the respect of most of the riders and this was great,” Marquez, who had finished the race in tenth place, recalled at the end of the season.

“We all know t🌺he risks we are taking when we ride bikes. And with any operation, but especially if it🥃's the fourth time, you never know what the outcome will be.

“To some opponents, maybe you don't wish the best [results] but yo♌u would never wish for an injury. Because an injury means not only your professiꦬonal life changes, but also your personal life.

“With some riders you already [have] respect because you h💫ave a good relationship, but from some others [the Mugello slowdown lap] was a surprise.”

‘I feel very sad for Marc’

Among those to wish Marquez all the best for his upcoming operation were Yamaha’s world championship leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo and Aprilia’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro.

“Whatever he feels is the best choice, I will support him, because the last two years were a really tough situation for him,”&nbsಞp;Quartararo said.

Countryman Espargaro revealed 🐈he had been to&n❀bsp;visit Marquez after the surgery announcement.

“I feel very sad for🌟 Marc. I just came from his motorhome. I feel very bad, personally. I mean, he’s the strongest one here psychologically but there is a limit [for everyone]. It’s unbelievable. Crazy. I’m very sorry for him."

Espargaro, who would fight for th☂e world title until the penultimate round, added that he c𓆏ould see Marquez was still struggling with the arm he had originally fractured at Jerez in 2020.

“He was not putting weight on the front. He was 💝sitting back. He was not riding as Marc and this was not because of the bike,” Espargaro said. “He was not riding as normal, for me. Following him on track, he was not doing the same things.

“[Butܫ] Marc said to me the doctors in America are at such a high level wit🐽h technology and he believes it’s going to be fine.”

Fortunately, Marquez’s bone realignment surgery in the US provཧed a success and, after m꧃issing six rounds, the #93 began to rediscover his old style during the closing stages of the season.

Marquez took the struggling RCV to front-row starts in four of the last five rounds plus his only podium of the season at Philli🃏p Island, where he was just 0.186s be𒅌hind winner Alex Rins.