Marc Márquez may not have achieved any podium finishes in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix, finishing the main race in fourth place after crashing out of the Sprint race. However, in both races, he showed determination and grit to do his best with a bike that is inferior to the competition, a display that left Óscar Haro amazed.
In Nico Abad’s YouTube channel, the former LCR Honda director stated: ‘Márquez cannot do more with the bike he has, but what got me on my feet during the weekend, what made my nails disappear, what made me believe in motorcycles and racing again, was Marc Márquez‘.
Haro’s praise for Márquez continued: ‘I won’t say that the team is not effective; I know Gresini very well, and they are hardworking people. But from what I know, something always happens. It seems to me that what he did on Saturday was mind-blowing, wanting to attack even more with an inferior bike‘.
The commentator emphasized that at this stage of the calendar, there are more challenging circuits for Márquez as they accentuate the differences between last year’s Ducati and this year’s. But even so, the rider does not conform: ‘I said the other day, starting from Silverstone, the big circuits with big braking zones, fast, Formula 1-like, Marc would suffer more because the mechanical difference compared to the 2024 bike is even greater, it is much more noticeable in the big corners – and he is suffering. But as he showed on Saturday, using his skills, being a ‘pitbull’, and seeing the Long Lap penalty that Jorge [Martín] Martín had, he still took the risk because he wanted to catch Pecco [Bagnaia]. He is an animal‘.
Haro dijo además: ‘Las personas que tienen ganas de hacer cosas en la vida me entusiasman; que no se conforman con estar en segundo lugar, que no se conforman con una moto pequeña, “llegará el año 2025”. No, aquí y ahora! Y esa sangre es la que hizo que casi el 80 por ciento del tiempo de televisión del domingo se dedicara a Marc Márquez[…]. Seguro que las cámaras de televisión de Dorna estaban enfocadas en la recuperación de Marc Márquez. Él es increíble’.
