curse of 1000 days

hourIt was an eternity we didn’t see Marc Marquez in the highest box of the podium. Since he was seriously injured in Sherry At the start of the 2020 season, the Cervera rider was not the one to devastate the competition, so he was unable to add another title to his equal. Valentino Rossi by the number of crowns(Doctor there are nine of them compared to eight in 1993).

It is obvious that without winning, it is almost impossible to become a champion. After breaking the humerus of his right arm, the runner from Ilerda has experienced many vicissitudes. For him, the good thing is that he was able to get out of the labyrinth. At Repsol Honda I went into a very negative spiral. But he found a place (Gresini) that allowed him to enjoy the bike again.

. The Ducati is the strongest bike on the grid, and although it doesn’t compete with the black leg, Marc is the best every weekend. In fact, he currently sits third in the premier class with 142 points. He is far from the leader Jorge Martin (200) and the strong Pecco Bagnai (190).but your problem is not the distance, but the fact thatHe spent almost three years without achieving victory..

His worst streak: three years without a win

After all, they are meeting this Sunday. 987 days since his last victory at Misano. Since that distant October 24, when he won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, he has not won a single race. And if he doesn’t do it in Sachsenring, he’ll have to go more than 1000 days to try to break the spell again.The next event will take place at Silverstone in early August.

This is the worst streak of his successful career. During the previous drought between his 2019 Valencia win and his next victory… at the 2021 German Grand Prix, 581 days passed..

Sachsenring, Mark’s Garden

The thing is that Sachsenring talisman diagram for MarkOn the Saxon route, none other than 11 times (eight in MotoGP, two in Moto2 and 1 in Moto3)

It’s an obvious opportunity, like the one he missed earlier this year in Austin (he was kissing the pavement while leading the race), another of his favorite tracks.

Mark removes his favorite sign

However, Mark himself considers himself the favourite to win this weekend. “In Germany, if I have a perfect weekend and go fast, at best I will be at the level Jorge Martin and Pecco Bagnaia challenge them for a podium or a win, but not more than them, because I already see it” he noted in Assen.

This is how Pekko and “Martinator” look at it

But it’s a psychological game and everyone plays it. Bagnaia overcame the pressure on his two rivals in the MotoGP World Championship. “I think we’re going to a track where Jorge and Marc will have something more.but last year I was fighting for the race with Jorge and it was an incredible race, super fast. I think if we start well like this weekend, we can fight for great results. It won’t be easy, but I think because of the way we work and feeling

“With a motorcycle you can succeed,” said the Ducati star after his masterful exhibition at the Cathedral of Motorcycles.

AND Martinator He also admitted his expectations for the start of the Grand Prix before the summer break: “WithI think Sachsenring suits my style of track better than Assen. Last year I managed to win both races, but you can see that I am approaching it with enthusiasm and I feel strong, well.“We are in a good moment, maybe not the best, we have had a lot of ups and downs and we need a good weekend from the start,” concluded the solid leader of the competition.