Marc Márquez may not have achieved any podium finishes in the Austrian MotoGP, 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, in a display that left Óscar Haro amazed.
In Nico Abad’s YouTube channel, the former LCR Honda director stated: ‘Márquez can’t do more with the bike he has, but what made me stand up this weekend, what made me bite my nails, what made me believe in bikes and races again, was Marc Márquez‘.
Haro’s praise for Márquez continued: ‘I won’t say that the team isn’t effective; I know Gresini very well, and they are people who work very well. But from what I know, something always happens. It seems to me that what he did on Saturday was incredible, wanting to attack 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 doesn’t 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’s 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 a également déclaré: “Les personnes qui ont envie de réaliser des choses dans la vie m’enthousiasment; celles qui ne se contentent pas de la deuxième place, qui ne se contentent pas d’une petite moto, ‘2025 arrivera bientôt’. Non, ici et maintenant! Et c’est ce sang qui a fait que près de 80% du temps d’antenne du dimanche était consacré à Marc Márquez […]. Sans aucun doute, les caméras de télévision de Dorna étaient concentrées sur la récupération de Marc Márquez. Il est incroyable’.
