Six-time MotoGP world champions Marc Marquez returns to winning ways in the German GP 581 days after securing his last win.
The Spaniard was out for nine months since breaking his right humerus at Jerez this past year prior to making his return to MotoGP in Portimao.
During the post-race conference at the Sachsenring, Marquez revealed a 30-minute phone call with five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan had helped him.
\”When I had been injured, always Personally i think like I'll come back and that i will come back strong. Consider the very first time I ride the MotoGP bike in Portimao, I only say 'okay, I'm far, far from my level.
\”From that time it had been very difficult. The next races being harder. It's tough but I just forget everything and focus on my small personal and professional side. When I say forget everything; I am talking about extra comments, comments from outside.
\”I just pay attention to the people that want to help me, and that i try to look for something or some comments that helped me – that was a phone call from Mick Doohan. I met (with) him in Mugello and that i realize that he had an identical situation in 92 and 93.
\”I was 30 minutes in a phone call with him and that i was just listening, he was speaking everything. He was explaining his situation, but seemed to be like he was explaining my situation.
\”It was the very same problems like understanding the bike, not riding as if you want to, stupid mistakes, stupid crashes, some races you'll be fast, practice you'll be slower and you have no idea why, and all sorts of issues that I've this season – he explain and had previously,\” said Marquez.
