HRC<\/a> a year early to join the Gresini Ducati squad for 2024.<\/p>\nThe defining moment of 2023 came in Germany. At a circuit Marquez had dominated in MotoGP, he crashed five times and didn\u2019t start the race.<\/p>\n
In a DAZN documentary about his 2025 title win, Hernandez recalls the \u201crock bottom\u201d days of 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cLogically, in 2023, when he returns, having undergone another operation, another recovery, and getting back on the bike, the results don’t come back…\u00a0Before, he would still say, ‘My arm isn’t right, it must be my arm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, you have another operation; they tell you that your arm will never be the same as before, but you no longer have the limitations you had before.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYes, there were limitations, of course. That’s just how it is; it’s never going to be the same as before.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you realise you’re coming back, and you say, ‘Wow, maybe this wasn’t the solution. Maybe my time has come, maybe it’s me.’<\/p>\n
\u201cYou start to doubt yourself, you see that the results aren’t coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cFalling, one after another, there comes a point where you ask yourself: ‘It’s me. Maybe it’s me. Maybe my sporting career is over. I have to close this chapter now, maybe I should go home.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are moments when you see Marc hit rock bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Marquez has maintained a good relationship with his old Honda team since moving to Ducati.<\/p>\n
When he won the 2025 title in Japan, he shared the podium with Joan Mir, meaning he was able to celebrate in parc ferme with his former Honda crew.<\/p>\n
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