Marc Márquez already speaks as a Ducati rider. Hours after being announced by the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, the eight-time world champion gave his first interview, where naturally this high-profile transfer was discussed.
And right away, the Spanish rider acknowledged in the conversation with Cadena SER: that in 2025 the title will necessarily have to be the goal – after the tough decision of pursuing good results by leaving behind a decade at Honda:
– Next year I will have to fight for the title. Last year I made a very important decision to leave Repsol Honda, the team of my whole life, I did it with a heavy emotional burden, to prioritize my sports career, which is to seek results. When there are results, there is motivation. You have to have courage and desire when facing such an important challenge, I had to be on the best bike, the winning bike, and see what would happen. I would have been exposed to everything, criticism, praise, everything that could have happened, but I wanted to do it because I saw that otherwise, my career would have been different.
In addition to the lack of competitiveness of Honda, Márquez also faced personal challenges due to injuries, as he recalled: ‘I was injured for four years, without results, and it was difficult to maintain motivation, and especially confidence. I put a plan in my head, a strategy, and it’s going very well’.
En cuanto al momento de la firma del contrato, el #93 reveló: ‘Este miércoles a las 08h00 firmé el contrato. El acuerdo es por dos años, con Ducati, con la moto ganadora. En este momento no hay una moto más rápida. En la última carrera, los cuatro primeros fueron de Ducati’.
