After two difficult years, six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez said on Tuesday that he would aim for the title in 2022. "
My objective is to fight for the title
," said the 28-year-old Spanish rider. during the Honda team remote presentation.
He added that he was happy to have put behind him the problem of diplopia (double vision) which affected him in the final stretch last season following a fall during training on a motocross motorcycle.
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With double vision the situation was critical and no one could predict the future, but I followed the advice of the doctors and everything went well
," said Marquez, who missed the last two races of the season. 2021 and the first 2022 pre-season tests in Jerez (Spain) in November.
The eight-time motorcycle world champion, all categories combined, did not hide the fact that being able to participate in the Sepang trials (Malaysia) last week was "
a surprise
".
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From now on, the objective is to work hard in pre-season and fight for the championship
", supported the native of Cervera, near Barcelona, who will be able to count on a new motorcycle to face the world championship 2022.
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We have changed engine, chassis and electronics.
It's a completely different bike
,” said Tetsuhiro Kuwata, Honda's technical director, referring to the RC213V used until then by Marquez and his teammate, also Spanish, Pol Espargaro.
A new model that comes at the right time to celebrate the ten years of Marquez, arrived in 2013 in MotoGP with the Japanese team.
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Time passes quickly.
Ten seasons in MotoGP and with Honda is a dream, said Marquez it's something I couldn't even imagine.
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During this period, we had good results and we will try to win the title this year to celebrate this anniversary
,” he continued.
The MotoGP world championship begins on the weekend of March 6 with the Qatar Grand Prix at the Losail circuit.