01x04 - Passion

[bunniefuu]

[Marc] I never felt scared. I was wary.

I had doubts. But they weren't going
to open up my whole biceps again.

[sniffles]

ROCHESTER
USA

[Marc] At 4:00 or 4:15 a.m.,
I was already awake.

JUNE 2ND, 2022

-I got up to pee...
-And you just...

And I started stretching.

[chuckling]

-To get ahead, right?
-Later I won't be able to move it.

[both chuckle]

[Carlos] No, I know it's true.

MARC UNDERGOES THREE-HOUR SURGERY

-[doctor] Marc?
-[Marc] Hi.

How are you feeling?

-I could be better.
-Yeah? A little tired?

-Yes.
-Yeah.

Any nausea or crummy feeling at all?
Or feeling okay?

-No, I feel okay. Yes.
-Okay. All right.

-I can take that...
-They knocked me out.

[Carlos] This time
they really knocked you out.

[Marc] I can't move my fingers.

[Carlos] Don't worry. It's normal, Marc.
They explained it yesterday.

They knocked you out so hard
they have to lift you with a crane.

Is the balance under control?

-Up you go, okay?
-Yeah.

-You'll be all right.
-Don't worry.

Okay. But the balance looks off.

This is probably
a little slower ride than you're used to.

Damn.

-Not bad. Good system.
-Okay. Good.

Good system?

You need to go to Spain to teach them.

Yeah?

[woman] Brandon, do you want
my help with anything?

-I think we'll be okay.
-Okay.

-This thing is awesome.
-It's nice, huh?

-You weren't too sure about it at first.
-Well...

You didn't trust
the balance or the weights.

-Are you pretty numb? Numb in the fingers?
-Yeah.

-I don't feel...
-Can't move any? Okay.

-It's normal?
-Yeah, normal. Okay?

-I cannot brake.
-Yeah.

"I cannot brake..."

What are you laughing at, man?

He cannot brake.
The problem in his mind is that

-he cannot brake.
-On the bike, yeah.

I'm going to call now,

they said, "Let us know
when you're in the room with him."

All right, Marc, is this
your first time being up here?

-In Rochester? Yes.
-Yeah.

-And I hope my last.
-Yeah?

I hope so too.

How's it going?

-[Joaquin] How is Marc doing?
-Hello, Joaquín.

-Are you awake or not?
-Letting some air in now because...

-It was really hot earlier...
-Of course, you should take it easy.

General anesthesia
is not a joke, you know?

[Marc] Yeah...

How do you feel in general?
Does anything hurt?

-Good. I can't move my fingers, but...
-That's normal.

The surgery went great,
it went exactly as planned.

-We...
-Enjoyed?

[Joaquin] Suffered.

But I was ready to suffer
because it's a complicated surgery.

There's a lot of scar tissue,
but it all looks great. What else?

-Happy. I see you're happy, so I'm happy.
-Yeah? Me too, I'm really happy.

-I want to see your hand moving tomorrow.
-Okay. Tomorrow.

-I think you'll do it just fine. Perfect.
-Tomorrow we'll smash the brakes.

[Joaquin laughs] Perfect.

One of the first things he said
when he couldn't move his hand was

"I can't brake."
Not "I can't move my hand."

-That's what I said?
-"Can't brake". Yes. "I can't brake."

I'm so pale, I'm white as a sheet.

I was hurting there.

Bad memories.

I can't remember any of this...

[Carlos] Further up?

JUNE 3RD, 2022
ROCHESTER, USA

My old fracture hurts.

That could also just be your perception.

-[Roser] Hey!
-Mom.

-How are you?
-Good.

I'm getting discharged in 20 minutes.

I can already move my hand.

They blocked a nerve or something
here in my neck and...

I couldn't move my hand for whole day.

[Roser] Yes, that's what had me worried.

But I can move it now.
Only it feels like it hurts more.

-You know?
-Oh. Okay.

If it stays numb
you won't be able to touch yourself.

Yeah...

[both laughing]

You're too much.

You left that in? Leave it in.

[laughs]

"You won't be able to jack yourself off."

Look, they're filming you, Mom.

-[Roser exclaims]
-[laughter]

-Delete that!
-Yeah, we'll delete it, sure.

I didn't know you were filming.

I didn't think you'd be
in the hospital room with him.

Those are the kind of conversations
I have with my sons,

with Marc and Álex. "Ha ha."
And there's no problem.

[Marc] I get discharged at 10:30,
at 11:00 I'm going to see the doctor,

and then I'm going
to the hotel until Sunday.

[Roser] Carlos was great.

He's kept me informed on everything.

That's great. If not,
you know I'll kick his a*s.

[both laugh]

-Well, I wouldn't. You know I wouldn't.
-Okay.

-Okay.
-Okay, Mom. Kisses.

-[Roser] Big kiss. I love you.
-[Marc] Bye.

ROCHESTER, USA
JUNE 5TH, 2022

[commentator] ...MotoGP race here in
Catalunya is go. A great launch here

on the run down to the first corner,
Fabio Quartararo...

MARC WATCHES THE CATALAN GP RACE

Oh! Oh!

Pecco! Nakagami and Rins.

Oh, my.

[commentator]
Slipstream out of turn nine...

Sanz is in tenth place.

Look at their tactics...
Riding on soft tires...

WITH ONE LAP TO GO, ALEIX ESPARGARÓ
THINKS THAT THE RACE IS OVER

What happened? The Aprilia broke?

He's waving... Hey! Damn!
He thinks the race is over!

-He thought the race was over!
-What? He had one more lap to go!

No way! Speed up! [yells]

He's crying, isn't he?

Jeez... Poor guy...

[commentator] ...ends in embarrassment,
really. Red-faced. His race was over,

but he comes over the line...

Did you see the soft tires? Soft Tactic!

MARC CONGRATULATES HIS BROTHER

FOR OVERCOMING 15 POSITIONS
AND FINISHING 10TH

Good job today, dude.
Very nice. After yesterday's crash...

it wasn't easy. Talk later.

Putting socks on with one hand,
specially sporty ones, is complicated.

How's my look? Looking good?

Cell phone. Nobody knows me here anyways.

Hey, are we going?

MADRID
SPAIN

CASA DE CAMPO
MADRID, SPAIN

You look like an old man
with your hands behind your back.

-I'm comfortable. No, stop.
-Give me your hand.

I'm comfortable like this.

-Shira.
-Shira!

Should we take a break, Mom?

-I don't need it, it's for your arm.
-Yeah, sure.

Stich, look! Come here, run!

-It's dirty. I'm not sitting here.
-Stop it.

-Don't be so delicate.
-It isn't dirty.

What's up, boys? Yeah...

Water? No?

-All right.
-Oh, spider!

See? I told you...

Where?

It's gone.

Look, Stich, come here.

You could've brought...

-A what?
-A Tupperware.

A sandwich for now.

-What did you want? Some fried rice?
-We're strolling in the Casa de Campo.

-Who would've said?
-Yeah, I know...

We're surrounded by nature back home,

and I have to come to Madrid
to walk around the Casa de Campo.

-What about tomorrow?
-The sling is coming off.

-We don't know yet, don't get excited.
-Well, that...

-Yes, "Dr. Márquez", sure...
-I think it could come off.

-Yeah, it can come off.
-It's doing well.

He told me two weeks.

I mean, a scar
usually takes about two weeks.

-Two weeks?
-I don't know, has it been two weeks?

-He looks like Robocop.
-They may take the stitches off.

-No, if they pull them off...
-Some of them.

I think they'll let them
fall off on their own.

He can always get a tattoo that says,
"Motherly love."

[laughs]

I'll tattoo your face here,
on my shoulder.

No, no need.

♪ Lupita... ♪

Damn, there's nobody out here.

-It's empty today.
-There's nobody out here...

It's because they closed it for us...

-[Álex] Hey.
-[Marc] What do you want?

You have to help me.

Hey!

What are you doing here? Yeah.

Get off of there.

-Can you do that for me?
-Yes.

-Go.
-What are you doing here? Go!

Yes, cutie.

-Yeah. 20 degrees.
-But you're resisting. That's why I stop.

-What? I'm not resisting.
-You are.

I'm relaxed. It's all yours.

Yeah, right. I'll hold your elbow.

-Stich! You're a pain, dude!
-Until where?

-Damn, it's much better today.
-Yeah?

Careful, you're using your shoulder there.

It feels better.

I see. Yesterday when I did this,
I could tell...

When we go on vacation,
you'll have to do this.

-Yeah.
-José isn't coming.

Fifty euros per session.

-Yeah, right.
-Right?

-You've got some nerve!
-[both laugh]

[Roser] Álex has been a rock for Marc.

Álex always helps brighten the mood.

"Come on, man, it's all right.
You'll see. Don't worry."

"It's all okay, come on, you can do it."

On the track, we're rivals,
because you can't forget we're rivals.

But off the track, we're brothers.
It's a mix that we're both really used to

and some people might not understand,
but... it's easy.

-That's it? You don't need more help?
-No, I don't need more help.

-Fifty euros.
-Fifty, my a*s.

Come on, go. Shira, cutie!

Hey.

-Well, that's it. All right, bye.
-Bye.

[Álex]
Marc's a weird guy. It's just how he is.

I mean, he can dance classic...

Then out of nowhere, some rock and roll.

And he's the same on the bike.

Marc is passionate about life.
Everything he does, he gives it his 100%.

I love making my people happy.

My happiness is great, but...

Enjoy it!

If I win and have nobody
to celebrate with, it makes no sense.

[man 1] You've got brother Álex there,
obviously.

[man 2] Another double for the brothers.

I enjoy it a lot more
when one of my people wins.

COMPETES FOR THE MOTO3
TITLE VALENCIA GP, 2014

[Marc] Both of us, as riders...
I have great memories.

Memories of us living in the motorhome,

when he was fighting
for the World Championship...

I remember 2014.
He was throwing up all weekend...

"No, my stomach..." He was nervous.

So I would wake him up
with motivational music, like, "Come on."

It's a completely different feeling
when you win,

compared to when a relative wins.
It's very different.

[commentator]
Álex Márquez wins the World Championship

after finishing in third place!

I was really innocent, to be honest.
I was 18 years old.

I had just won the World Championship.

I felt in another world.

My brother had won MotoGP,
I had won Moto3,

and it just felt normal,
I didn't give it much importance.

I did later, in 2019.

But that year, I was really young,
everything worked out.

♪ Champions! Champions! ♪

But through the years, I've learned
to give it the importance it deserves.

[all cheering]

We are three years apart in age. In 2014,
we could still tell the difference,

but in 2019 you couldn't tell at all.
And well, it was unforgettable.

[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen,

the 2019 MotoGP World Champion,
Marc Márquez!

MARC WINS HIS SIXTH MOTOGP TITLE
THAI GP, 2019

[Álex] He won really early in Thailand,
with a big points difference.

Then, when I raced there,
he really wanted me to win.

And he looked out for me.

We went to Japan, he kept an eye on me.
Australia, he kept an eye on me.

Until I got to Malaysia and I said,
"Look, leave me alone."

ÁLEX RACES FOR THE MOTO2 TITLE
MALAYSIAN GP, 2019

[Álex] I remember that weekend,
he wouldn't talk to me,

and I thought, "He must be angry."

After the weekend, I told him,
"Are you talking to me now? Or not?"

[commentator]
Álex Márquez, leading the race!

There comes Binder!
They touched bikes there!

Binder wins the race!

Álex comes in second
and he's the new Moto2 World Champion!

[Marc] It was beautiful, it was amazing.

I enjoyed celebrating his win in Malaysia
more than my victory in Thailand.

♪ Champions! Champions! ♪

For Marc, that was... "Wow."

Marc told me, "I don't really need
to win anything else."

"Watching my brother win...
that's enough."

[Marc] I planned my vacation
around my brother's schedule.

I always surround myself with friends.
And if there's a party, I party.

If I want to relax, I relax.

And if I want to eat chocolate every day,
well, I eat chocolate every day.

I give myself carte blanche.

ROCHE
CÁDIZ

-Tito, let's set the table, come on.
-I already brought a bunch of tapas.

-That's enough abuse.
-They'll be here in ten minutes.

You haven't done a thing today.

-I did. No.
-All you did was wake everyone up.

-No, that's enough.
-I cleaned back there.

Your brother is the injured one here.

-You go do something.
-Lemon? Yeah, leave the lemon.

-I'm injured... I...
-Come on.

-Supposedly, this is our last year...
-Our last year of vacation.

-Of vacation. Next year...
-Next year there won't be any.

Next year, I'll have a girlfriend.

-Girlfriend...
-Next year the deal is off.

Listen, if she doesn't like us,
we'll lose him.

How on earth is she going to like you?

[laughing]

No, but we should keep doing
these vacations.

-Yes, of course.
-Sure.

-The paella!
-Come on!

Should we eat from the paella?

-No...
-We're not in the coast.

-Want some?
-Yes.

-And you?
-Yeah. We should serve it.

-I'm going to grab a plate...
-Of course, the paella...

-Should I bring some cold glasses?
-Yeah.

Another glass.

No, not now...

Let's grab some cold glasses.

-We have to wash them.
-[laughter]

He was taking a while.
I was letting him, but...

My left arm is just...
No matter how much I...

-It doesn't work the same.
-You can't use it like the other one.

Hungry?

-First I go to Austria.
-You have to go there?

I'm supposed to... Yeah, because...

I'm thinking Misano.

-Your plan is to return for Misano.
-Even if I don't race and do the test...

The race doesn't matter.

If I could run the race... Because
a one-day test... What's the point?

I come back three months later,
and don't know if I can race or not...

-During the weekend you can feel it out.
-I'll feel it out, see what I can do...

-And on the day of the test, we'll see.
-But this is assuming.

I hope they'll just let me start
next week and that's it.

I'll lock myself at home and...

-Get to work.
-Get to work.

I can't wait.

Don't breathe, okay?

The bone is starting to heal.

Now! Until it burns. Eight, nine...

Now!

It looks really good.

-Some hair, man...
-Yeah...

Yeah, man.

-Hey! Good afternoon.
-What's up?

Damn, you look wrinkly!

What do you mean, wrinkly?

You're weathered. Are you tired or what?

No, there's a lot of humidity.
It's the humidity.

-Humidity causes wrinkles.
-You're screwed.

Wrinkles are beautiful.

We arrive at the airport
tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

Okay.

Okay, Mr. Civil Engineer...

Madrilenians.
You're a bunch of Madrilenians.

Yeah... We've been at the gym.
We just got back from the gym now.

-I'll finish up soon, let's talk later.
-Okay.

-Bye!
-Bye!

RED BULL RING
AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

[Marc] I'm going to Austria
to wake the mood up a bit.

People had started to relax,

like, "Well, next year..."

From December 31st to January 1st,
that's one day.

You don't just go like that,
it's a new year and everything is fixed.

-I have to go to hospitality?
-Yeah, now...

Hey! What's up?

-How's it going? Hello, Paulo.
-I'm good, how about you?

-I'm good. All good. You?
-Great.

-How are you feeling?
-Better.

-Yeah? I know.
-Better. But it's hard, man.

-They cut me open.
-Yeah, they cut you up.

It works, the arm works.

-What's up? How's it going?
-Hey, Marc. All good?

-When are you coming back?
-What? Tomorrow...

[all chuckle]

Tomorrow! Thanks.

-This one is internal for me...
-Mine is internal too.

-Internal too? I mean, I can't open...
-Yeah.

I had the same, but it was 34 degrees.

Mine happened
when I was 14 years old and...

-And it just stayed like that?
-It stayed that way.

But I do really feel it back here...

-Your scapula, this right here? Yeah.
-Terrible.

-Did you lose control or what?
-Yes.

-You had to let off? Because...
-I had no control, I...

That trick I learned from you...
I didn't have it. I'd go like this... Bam.

Right when he was starting off
was the time when I was at my peak.

KTM TEST RIDER
AND FORMER MOTOGP RIDER

And we had a physical similarity, right?

I'm sure that helped him think,

"If it works for Dani,
it should also work for me."

It was 2010, in Mugello.
He was racing the 125cc.

He still hadn't won any race yet.

We ran into each other at the paddock.

He came over and asked,
"Hey, Dani, what should I do?"

He was fighting for the championship
against Pol that year.

We talked for five minutes and I told him
what I thought about this and that.

He won the next four races.

After that, nobody could stop him
for the next ten years.

Dani and I, now we get along great,
and he's an amazing person.

But in 2013, 2014,
there was a lot of tension.

He was the king, the number one.

People listened
to what he said in the box.

Everyone expected something from him...

The team was focused on him.

And out of nowhere comes this kid.

A kid in his first year after Moto2.

And well, first race and... boom.

[commentator] Here comes Marc Márquez!

He's up into second place
on his MotoGP debut!

Second race, boom.

[commentator]
History has been made here in Texas.

Marc Márquez, 20 years old,

the youngest ever winner!

And it's a hard pill to swallow.

In those years there was a lot of tension

because we were fighting
for the same thing.

[commentator]
Márquez is going to get very close!

He's going to have to pick the bike up!

He's going to have to pick
the bike up! You can see that...

And Pedrosa has gone down!

Dani Pedrosa has gone!
I wonder if they did actually collide?

He knew about my potential.

That's why he always tried to stick to me,
so I had no space to really take off.

[Marc] I've never been a nice teammate.

I've always liked to...

You've got to make your teammate's life
impossible, if you can.

He's very competitive.

That's his strong suit, how competitive
he's always been with everything.

[Marc] But back then we had a great bike,
everything worked well.

So if a replacement piece worked for him,
I didn't like it, "This doesn't work."

"I want this one."

"I want this replacement piece,
since I'm leading. I want it."

"Don't give him this."

That's how it was.
"How about this piece? And this one?"

"You want to try it?"
"Yeah, sure." But I didn't want to.

I just didn't want him to have it.

It's the kind of tricks everyone pulls.

People don't talk about it, but here,
well, you open up and let it all out.

It is true that after 2015, 2016,
everything calmed down,

and we had a good,
normal teammates relationship.

After a while, I think you learn
to accept the situation, right?

It happens, and I'm sure
it'll eventually happen to me too.

-I was in that clinic, remember?
-It's gnarly, huh?

-When I stopped because of my arm.
-Yeah, when you left after Qatar.

I had been there that winter,
and they didn't want to operate on me.

-But damn, it's huge.
-Yeah, it's heavy.

-Did you get to see the underground?
-Yeah, I saw all of it.

Next week I have a CAT scan.
It's been 12 weeks, so...

You better let it heal well,

-so you can forget about it.
-Sure.

I think that despite everything,
our rivalry,

how competitive we were with each other,

we ended up getting along great.

-Yeah.
-Well, good.

-I'm going to have dinner in hospitality.
-All right...

-All right, man. Bye, Paulo.
-Bye.

This one, this one and the...

What's up? I got here a bit late...

You know us Madrilenians are always late.

What about when I go to the beach?
What about this arm?

Look at it, it's starting
to look good again...

-You can tell.
-"What happened? How'd you get that?"

"A shark! It was a shark."

Does it feel okay now?
Your arm? The positioning?

-It's straight.
-But can you feel it?

I won't stick my elbow up here, you know?
To cut. I can cut here now.

-You can feel it then.
-Of course.

Around Minnesota, right?

Yeah. You would've liked the surgery.

Surgeries over there have
a super controlled preoperative.

A lot of safety measures. They do it all
in 3D. "Look, we're going to do this..."

Then the postoperative is non-existent.
I woke up from the anesthesia...

-And went to McDonald's.
-I got a menu full of hamburgers.

And I said, "Can I order whatever I want?"

He said, "You know what will happen
if you eat a lot."

"If you eat too much,
you'll throw up and get dizzy."

-I mean, it was ridiculous...
-Incredible.

"If you want to go to the hotel
with your IV still attached,

you can go tonight."
I mean, I couldn't get up.

-You decide.
-I could barely move, I don't know.

The anesthesia there
is made for fat people or something.

-Damn, they knocked me out.
-Yeah, it's strong.

I was knocked out. Yeah, very...

Big hangover? Well, get ready,
because the bike is a m*ssile.

[laughs]

-I'll have it for dinner, then.
-Today's the day.

No...

Next week is the CAT scan.

-Yeah?
-On the 24th.

I had it on the 26th, I've won two days.

-Tick, tock.
-He's turning 11.

No, because my intention is
to return before Misano...

-If...
-That was obvious. We knew that...

That's my intention.
But the CAT scan has to come out good,

I need to get stronger, feel good,
and I have to test a bike out too.

-All right.
-All right, let's go.

Let's all go home... Yeah...

It would be nice to be relaxed tomorrow,
but tomorrow...

Until Friday it's good vibes,
I already told you guys.

-After that, we'll see...
-On Saturday...

My objective on the Austria trip...
Well, I honestly had three objectives.

First, to see my team.

Have a word or...
"What's going on?" with Honda.

And also to speak with Emilio,
who had been my manager and mentor

during my whole career,

but is not any longer.

Are we done?

[man] Not yet. There's some things left
for episode five,

but we're going to save those,
we won't show you yet.

I don't know what your intentions are.

Because it's been a hard year.

But I don't want my life to be that hard.

My life is defined by the races,
good results, happiness and smiles.

And this year has lacked smiles.

For episode five I want people to feel...

thrilled, you know?
Like, "Damn! He's coming back!"

Marc is ready. Go out.

Okay, okay! Go, go, go!

When you're young you admire the top guys.
I admired Pedrosa.

I admired Rossi.

But then, Lorenzo...

I didn't agree with his aggressive riding
when he arrived in MotoGP.

To the limit.

"I made it this far, but it's not enough.
We need to go one step further."

Bang, bang.

In these situations,
you either stick together or split.

We were separated by others.

Show them the graphics and I'll say,
"Have you seen this?"

I say, "f*ck it, I'm going for it."

I don't care about your bikes.

This is to win.

Marc Márquez is back!

We're back on the podium!