Spanish pilot Marc Márquez is still recovering to return to the tracks as soon as possible. However, he does not yet have a defined date for this. Nevertheless, he does not think that missing the last races of the year and tests will impact his year in 2026.
“I didn’t get bored, I didn’t have time to get bored. We focused over the last few days on relaxing and starting rehabilitation. It’s going well. Yesterday I had my check-up with the doctors and I’ve already removed the sling. We’re doing the typical movements of daily life with the arm,” Márquez started.
“When I arrived here in Madrid, they really saw the severity of the injury. They warned me that it would take time, since ligaments and bones were affected. We knew we could lose five days of recovery, but we chose not to have surgery. The swelling decreased and, one Sunday, I woke up with the collarbone out of place. They decided to operate and now we have to respect the recovery schedule. There will be no sequelae.”
“From the moment of my first fall, I knew I had something wrong with my shoulder. I know my body because I’ve fallen many times. I was calm about Indonesia, but worried about the future. My doctors assure me that if I respect the recovery schedule, everything will be fine. Whether I’ll be competitive in 2026 will depend on my physical condition, not on having lost another race or not, or on participating in the Valencia tests. I still can’t confirm if I’ll be at the Sepang tests, but I hope to be back on the bike well before that. I’m respecting the recovery schedule, but things are progressing well.”
Regarding the celebration of his world title in Japan, Márquez said: “I didn’t know what that celebration was, nor about the video. The truth is that my entire team was right with ‘More than a Number’, because of the suffering we went through. In that Japanese GP, I felt that something was wrong. That’s why I changed my speech with the press, saying I wanted to secure the title. And luckily I did, because then in Indonesia the injury happened, which was unfair, considering the moment, since it was time to celebrate.”
“I knew I had a microphone; it was Dorna’s idea, and I didn’t mind. There are moments when you don’t even know what you’re saying. When I said ‘yes, I did it!’, I was talking to myself. About the achievement. This title was a constant struggle, about not giving up. The ambition to win it was to find inner peace. That’s why I had to make difficult and selfish decisions. But without changing the people around me, the people who really love me.”
“Being champion after all I’ve been through, the decisions I made, all of that was for this. Following each step. Failing would have been not trying. We tried, we succeeded.”
