Under the title “Last Ride”, HRC provides a look behind the scenes of Marc Márquez’s emotional last GP weekend as a Repsol Honda factory driver at the season finale in Valencia.
After eleven years, the former MotoGP success story of Repsol Honda and Marc Márquez ended with the last Grand Prix together on November 26th at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Six MotoGP titles, five Triple Crown wins, 59 GP victories, 101 podium places, 64 pole positions and a total of 2,626 World Championship points are the impressive balance of the collaboration, which is now, however, coupled with the injury misery of the past few years and the lack of competitiveness the RC213V came to a painful and early end, even though the eight-time world champion was actually under contract with HRC until the end of 2024.
Despite the termination of the contract and the move to the Gresini-Ducati customer team – and thus to the dominant competition from Borgo Panigale – both parties repeatedly assert their deep connection and friendship. It’s not for nothing that Marc Márquez describes his Repsol Honda crew as the team of his heart. The fact that these were not just empty words was clear even to outsiders after the much celebrated sprint podium in Valencia, when Marc was overwhelmed by his emotions during the medal ceremony and his mother Roser after a hug with crew chief Santi Hernandez also shed tears.
A recently published video reveals how emotional it really was in the pits, in the team truck and especially at the farewell party on Saturday evening in the HRC Hospitality. Santi Hernandez’s message to Marc Márquez was: “I want to see you smile again because you have to smile again – and I like it when you laugh. Thank you very much, I will miss you – but you will always have a friend here.”
The words of Marc’s long-time crew chief really touched the 30-year-old Spaniard, who had to pause several times in his own acceptance speech after HRC President Koji Watanabe had previously wished him all the best: “We had great and hard days, we will “We’ll now go our separate ways, but we all wish you the best for your new journey.”
The cameras followed Marc Márquez on his last race as a Repsol Honda works driver throughout the weekend. The resulting ten-minute film entitled “Last Ride” is worth seeing – and Part 2 is still to come.
2023-12-11 14:27:51
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