One of the greatest challenges Marc Márquez has faced in his motorcycling career was diplopia. This issue first arose in 2011 after a heavy crash in Moto2 and reappeared in 2022, also following an accident.
Álex Crivillé knows firsthand what it’s like to suffer vision problems after crashes. The world champion recalled his experience in an interview on the Dura la Vita podcast: ‘I had a crash in Yugoslavia in 1990 with Yamaha. I hit the straw bales and lost consciousness. Afterward, I could only see black on one side and white on the other. They let me go home in that condition’.
The former rider recovered shortly after but emphasized the difficulties Márquez faced with diplopia: ‘This happened to me, but after a few days, I fully recovered my vision. However, Marc’s case was very difficult; I think he worked very hard’.
In 2001, Crivillé decided to retire after experiencing frequent fainting and dizziness. He believes that severe crashes may have contributed to these issues:
– I have always thought that the root of those crashes led, over the years, to this other problem. It’s not clear why those dizzy spells happened or what the neurological causes were. But I have always believed that these crashes – where you hit your head and lose consciousness for a few seconds—take their toll.