Marc Marquez has opened up about the “risk” of racing to a former Isle of Man TT riderꦺ.

Adam Child ra𝕴ced around the Mountain Course for 11 years, ending in 2018 with a personal-best🍨 finish of P5.

He interviewe﷽d Marquez for The Telegraph about the MotoGP star’s horrific injury history and why he continues racing♐.

Marc Marquez on MotoGP risk and injury

“Sometimes even I ask why I keep going,” Marquez ♚confessed.

🔜“But motorbikes are my passion. If you ask what is my hobby? I say ‘motorbikes’.

“Riding motorbikes is my biggꦗest hobby and it has become my job.

“I’m superꦍ lucky to have this job and I want to keep going.”

Marquez continued: “On the bike, I take full risk every time bec🌌ause that is my j🐽ob.

“When you are crashing, sliding down the racetrack, you are only thinking about♔ getting to the spare bike i🧜n the pits.

“So﷽metimes you understand the crash, s﷽ometimes no. But we are not scared about crashing.

“If you understand the crash, you bra𝓰ked too late for example, and you know why you crash, you can push again straight away.”

Marc Marquez explains new attitude

The arm injury ꧙he notoriously suffered in 2020 thr🌠eatened his career and his health.

Marquez returned on an uncompetitive Honda which he tried to push beyond its lওimit.

That resulted in multiple highsides, and a crash-fest at the 202ဣ3 German MotoGP at the Sachsenring. He withdrew befo🎐re the grand prix at a circuit which he traditionally enjoyed.

A move to Gresini Ducati re-lit his fire. He had a competitive bike, and won races again. Cruciallꦐy, the danger of constant crashes disappeared.

This year on a factory Ducati Marquez is among the two favourites for the 2025 MotoGP championship𒐪ꦯ.

He dominꦿated last weekend's season-opener in Thailand, claiming pole position then winning the sprint and the grand prix.

“Fiveꦉ years ago, before the injuries, winning was the normal thing,” he said.

“Now I realise that wꦅinning is not a normal thing. After all the injuries and four or five long operations in the arm, now if I take a win, it’s like a present.

“I have haꦫd a great career, and now I’m back to pushing the limits to try to improve.

“ Last year I did the most difficult thing in my career and that was to come back from those injuries and 🏅win again with Gresini.”

Marquez’s more mature🐽 approach to risk-tak🙈ing extends beyond motorcycle racing.

Speaking at Ducati’s season launch on the ski mountains of Italy, ꦛhe said: “When I was 20 years old I would crash two or three times when skiing, trying to go fast.

“But, at 31, I realis🅺e what an injury is, what an injury can do.

“So I take my time, I am calm on the skis and take risks only on th𝔉ꦚe racetrack – which is my job.”