01x05 - Come Back

[bunniefuu]

As a kid, I admired the top guys.
I admired Pedrosa.

I admired Rossi.

But then, Lorenzo...

I wasn't fond of him, I didn't like him.

Why? I don't know.

Truth is, we never spoke.

As a rival, I respected him a lot,

because I knew that on a good day,
he would kick a*s.

[commentator] Jorge Lorenzo will be
crowned MotoGP World Champion!

Ninety-nine wins here in Valencia!

Marc and I were enemies.

There was always rivalry between us.

We had a rather cold relationship.

He really pissed me off in Jerez in 2013.

He saw a gap and went for it,

without considering what could happen
to the other rider,

or their physical well-being.

He had no respect for his rivals.

[crowd cheering]

[Lorenzo] But without that ambition,

he might not have won so many titles.

But I get along well with him now.
Damn, he's a good person.

Competing with him and knowing him better
made me change my mind.

RED BULL RING
AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

[man] I want to start the meeting

by asking what's the goal of the project.

I want a winning project,
a running motorbike. That's all.

Then we'll show them some graphs,
and I'll say, "Have you seen this?

"I'm here to break my back.
But there's a limit to that, a boundary."

-Okay.
-You'll defend me if they kick me out.

[chuckling]

-"You too," right?
-You too.

-There's more chances of me getting fired.
-Right...

Okay. I'll let you get back to your stuff.

-No, I'm going downstairs.
-Downstairs?

MARC AND HRC MEET
TO MAKE A DECISION ON THEIR FUTURE

[Marc] It went fine.
They had their documents, I had mine.

All the b*llet points I had,
they had changed them already.

I stare at the boss and go like...

"You saw this?"

"Have you seen it?"

"This wasn't for pleasure.
This is to win."

"I want to get back to the top with you."

"But if it's not with you,
I'll find a way."

I wanted them to see
there was tension, hunger,

ambition from their pilot.

And I wanted that same ambition from them.

I used a classical Spanish phrase.
"I want this yesterday." You know?

[chuckles]

So he stares at me like this
and I say, "As soon as possible, dammit."

I stirred up things
right from the start of the meeting.

Of course. I went straight to the point,
to get it over with.

-Since they were all together...
-Right.

-I called him and said, "Come here."
-Right.

JAIME MARTÍNEZ RECASENS
MARC MÁRQUEZ'S MANAGER

[Marc] When there are
bad results and problems,

you need a change of atmosphere.

That's where
Jaime Martínez comes in. Jimmy.

[José Luis] It was possibly

the most important
decision of his sports career.

Come on, let's go.

[man] That's important. He's been
carefully choosing year after year

the people in his inner circle.

A heartfelt kiss and hug
for the manager, Emilio Alzamora.

I will always be grateful to Emilio.

It's been 17 or 18 years.

EMILIO ALZAMORA
MARC MÁRQUEZ'S FORMER MANAGER

Probably 18.
He's been very important to me.

[commentator] Emilio Alzamora!

[Marc] But at some point,
after so many years,

obviously, it becomes like a marriage.

In these situations,
you either stick together or split.

At this point,
we were separated by others.

It didn't happen overnight.

For a couple of years,
we could feel something was missing.

And when something's missing,
when the love is gone,

you start arguing over trifles.

Then the arguing turns into suspicion,

which then leads to misunderstandings.

All of that builds up
until you ask yourself,

"What do I want for my sports career?"

"I want to win again."
And for that, the sea has to be calm.

[Alzamora] We both know
what we've lived through.

What we've given each other.

Without a doubt and above all,
his talent is what made him win

and have the success he has and will have.

Nobody can take away from us
what we've accomplished.

We've accomplished a lot
in all these years we've been together.

It's been 18 years. That's a long time.

ALCAÑIZ CIRCUIT
ARAGÓN

AUGUST 31ST, 2022

Let's go. Good morning.

AFTER RECEIVING THE DOCTOR'S APPROVAL,
MARC TESTS IN ALCAÑIZ

I'm putting my racing socks on today.
I need some luck.

Done. He already did 1:04.

He's on 1:02 already. 1:01 or 1:02.

-My shoulder is burning.
-How do you feel?

Fine, but I do feel my shoulder
burning at the front.

-Burning?
-My anterior deltoid...

-To the limit.
-To the limit.

Today, siesta.

I beat myself up out there.

I know my arm will never go back
to normal like the other one.

I've been operated on four times
on the same spot.

It's impossible. My arm will never
go completely back to normal.

-Can you hold? You have the strength.
-Yes.

There are still some doubts.
I do feel great.

But I still haven't tested my strength,
I haven't challenged my arm.

This triceps here...

Let's go.

MISANO CIRCUIT
ITALY

SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022

Same as the other day.

-Instead of the CBR, MotoGP.
-Same, my a*s!

MARC RETURNS TO THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP SCENE AT MISANO TEST

The first time is like a first date.

You're nervous...

How will she react?

Will she smile or not? That kind of stuff.

-Step by step. A little bit nervous.
-Yes.

BEFORE GOING ON TRACK, MARC GREETS
HRC'S DIRECTOR TETSUHIRO KUWATA

-Relax and try to enjoy.
-Yes.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

When Marc is ready, go out.

Okay, okay, go, go, go!

-What's up, man?
-[Santi] What's up?

-Sit down.
-[Santi] How are you?

I'm putting some ice,
then I'll have lunch and see how it goes.

Carlos says that if I ride this afternoon,

I'll have less time to recover
for tomorrow.

I can't go in there.

[Marc] Santi Hernández is not
a technician, but a friend.

He's been at my side for all the years
since 2011.

He's the one that sets the pace

for the whole team.

You have to think about what is best.

"Tomorrow I can recover,
stretch out as much as I need to."

"Because later I'll have
some days to recover."

"Instead of pushing today
just to do 20 laps..."

So I'll be stretching all afternoon?

Marc, two weeks ago
you didn't know if you'd be able to train.

Instead of doing 20 laps,
you get up tomorrow...

I'm afraid of this elbow crap down here.

-Well...
-And my armpit.

-I won't ride.
-Okay. You're feeling it isn't right?

-Nope.
-You can feel it, like you always say.

-The feeling. That "bang bang".
-No. Bang bang... Bang.

MADRID
SPAIN

[laughter]

[Marc] I had a lady in front of me.

Was she annoying?

The lady in front of me in the line
was laughing.

No...

-What did she say? She wanted a discount?
-Seven minutes.

"I want this discount, and that discount."
On and on.

-Really?
-Upon paying?

I had to say, "What's this, man?"
The line was huge.

And a guy behind me goes like,
"Hey! You look familiar!"

And I say, "Perhaps."
"I've seen you somewhere!"

"But I don't know where!"

I say, "Could be.
My bike has the Repsol colors."

"Oh! That cool 125cc bike?
You have one of those?"

Really. So I say, "Kind of."

The 125...

"Damn! I must have seen you
in the neighborhood with your bike."

-Really?
-[all laugh]

I'm serious. And there was
another guy behind him laughing.

So the other dude says,

"I think I've seen him too."
That one had recognized me.

"Have you? This kid
lives in the neighborhood, right?"

So later...

I ask the dude, "Please tell him,
because I have to pay."

So he says, "He's Marc Márquez."

"He can't be Marc Márquez!
Márquez is bigger and taller!"

[all laughing]

I swear, man.

MOTORLAND ARAGÓN
ARAGÓN GRAND PRIX

Coming back to Aragón was an achievement.

That's where I felt
that everything was starting again.

[commentator] He'll start in 13th place.
Remember, he's back 112 days

after his last race this year, which was
in Mugello, in the Italian Grand Prix.

I told them,
"If I see a gap in the first turn,

I'll risk it on the outside edge."

[commentator] We're on!
The lights are off! Let's see the start!

Nice start for Miller.
Bagnaia's is better.

Bastianini keeps third place.

Marc's coming on the outside.
He's on the outside now!

Why the outside?
Because you don't put anyone at risk.

When you come back from an injury,
you're not calling the shots.

You can't feel the bike completely,
you don't have the same control as before.

That's why in the first turn in Aragón
I went on the outside.

It worked perfectly.

And then, in a later turn,
it was total chaos.

[commentator]
Quartararo ran into Marc from behind!

The championship is turned upside down!

Fabio Quartararo
has touched Marc from behind!

I had a scare in turn three,

with such bad luck that Quartararo's
fairing got stuck in my wheel.

[commentator] The championship
has just been turned upside down!

[Marc] The bike was working okay,

but at the end of turn seven,

I felt it lowering from behind,

and since I had
Quartararo's fairing in the wheel,

it swallowed it and the bike stopped.

[commentator] Oh, my gosh, again!
Nakagami and Marc again!

Something happened to Marc too.
He's been slowing down since they touched.

What happened with Quartararo?

What a way to start the race.

The Aragón Grand Prix was over in one lap.

[commentator] Marc goes into the box
with a banged-up bike

after touching Quartararo and Nakagami.

[Marc] I was angry, because...

I could have done well in that race.

The live feed was wild.

In just a moment, right? Boom, bang.

An amazing start. Amazing. And then...

-Bang!
-One!

Long, inside, outside, boom.

-And there's the escape.
-And that's that.

People were nervous today.
I had number 20 in front of me.

I don't get how the windshield
got stuck in there.

It looked on purpose.
The windshield was placed there perfectly.

When he enabled the holeshot
for Nakagami, he went like...

Number 20 disappeared.

-It went into my wheel when it jammed.
-Snap!

And then after waiting for a bit
and coming into the finish line, it...

Going into the corkscrew, I pulled off
to the side because it was jammed.

-I did like this with my hand.
-But I was already there...

[José Luis] I trust him a lot.
I know he's special.

The difficult and tough times
only make him better.

I don't know how he does it,
he pulls his energy out,

like he did in Japan.

[commentator] It's been almost three years
since his last pole position.

MOTEGI CIRCUIT
JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

The last time it was here in 2019,

on a track where
he had never made pole position.

And he's improved!
He's improved his time by 76 milliseconds!

Marc is here to find a pole position
three years later,

after he left everything on hold!

He's crossing the finish line!
Marc Márquez is back!

-Way to go!
-55.2!

1071 days after October 19th, 2019,

when he made pole position
here in Japan, he's done it again!

Marc is back!

He made pole position in Japan
after spending...

HRC TEAM MANAGER

...five months off the championship.

It's like a reward, like saying,
"Hey, it's working."

"I made the right decision."

Damn. Good news for the team.
It was a gift, like manna from heaven.

We needed this. I needed good news.

The team, the Japanese...

Yeah!

It made everyone very excited,
especially him.

We could feel his joy,

like saying, "It was worth it."

MADRID
SPAIN

[Marc] It's 91, yes.

Yeah. I wrote down the address.

Okay? Now, look, that's it.
Okay, good, thanks. Bye.

Yes.

-He's already here, man.
-The car?

Yes.

Hurry!

In Madrid you need to wear white to win.

-All open.
-That's all from work?

MARCELO VIEIRA
FOOTBALL PLAYER

-I thought, if it bounces there...
-sh*t!

-Bull!
-You're a bull!

That sucked!

Hey! One, two, three!

-No!
-Yes!

Watch out!

You ate it!

Now we know who's bad at this.
Incredible, man.

-We kicked your a*s!
-We're all still friends, okay?

Now I really won't stop.

Let's win, come on, let's win.

-You stay there and I go here?
-I don't mind.

Come on.

That's it. Yeah!

It didn't go in!

We won!

-Wait, wait!
-You're the winner!

-You guys... Good one.
-You're the winner. And you lose.

-You're terrible.
-I'm terrible?

No, he is. He lost every match.

-He won one.
-Marcelo won every match.

-I won everything.
-He won once with him.

-Because I...
-Whatever. I'm not the worst one.

-No...
-We're all terrible.

Damn, I'm tired.

Up!

Completely recovered. Perfect diagonal.
You couldn't do this before.

When people talk to me, all I can think of
is driving lines. I'm in the zone...

Australia was always on my mind.

PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

My goal...

I hadn't told the press,
but I told the team...

"I want to reach the podium."

And so I started the weekend
with that mindset.

[commentator] Now we're ready!
It's the moment of truth!

Let's watch Marc Márquez
start from the front of the grid!

And during the race
I managed it the best I could,

thinking about the podium, not victory.

Watch out for the overtake! Marc on Rins!

Remember, if he reaches the podium,

it will be the 100th podium
in Marc Márquez's history

and he would tie Ángel Nieto
with 139 podiums

to become fourth
in all-time podium finishes!

Careful with that braking, Marc is coming!
Watch Marc, he's able to pass!

He's going to pass Bezzecchi
who is fighting for the spot!

And that's it! Podium position for Marc!

Marc wants to ride on the inside!

Yes! They both pass Pecco Bagnaia!

There it is! Rins is going to win!
Victory for Rins! Second place for Marc!

I tried to win, but it just couldn't be.

But my primary goal was making the podium.

[Julià] When he came back,

he was full of energy, strength.

I think that was the time
I've seen him most ecstatic.

JULIÀ MÁRQUEZ
MARC'S FATHER

[commentator] Marc Márquez!

It's the most
I've ever celebrated a podium.

But that's what I asked the team for.

After so much bad news,

the surgery, pain, etcetera,
when there's good news,

you must celebrate.
You don't know when it'll happen again.

-Team!
-What?

We're back on the podium!

[all cheering]

Where we started,
everything we've suffered through,

only my team and family know about that.
Everyone that's suffered with me.

So, when something good happens,

even if it isn't the best,
the best is winning, obviously,

but you have to celebrate.
It fires you up.

[all cheering]

[Marc] In the total race count,

if you told me,
"Your lap time will be this", I'd sign.

I'd say, "Where's the paper?
I'll sign it."

But doing...

Now enjoy. Enjoy.

RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT
VALENCIA GRAND PRIX

I made all these decisions this year...

A mid-season surgery, coming back...

Kind of forcing the schedule

in order to prepare for 2023.

Everything has to fall into place.

I have to improve, physically.
My arm has to get better.

And Honda has to improve.

[Alberto] We at Honda
need to improve the bike.

Right now we are far from our objective.

Not a bike
that would change everything radically,

but one that takes it to the next level
and allows him to...

Because the gap right now is quite big.

Crash! Marc goes down!
Marc Márquez goes down!

He was in 4th place and he's gone down!

Marc's season is over after this crash.

I mean, I see that I will crash.

But I said I will not risk it.
I was taking everything on the brakes.

But it was impossible to pick up the bike
because...

No torque, no wheelie, nothing.

I mean, I'm angry,
because today was the day.

And I go out, and from the beginning
I saw that it was not there.

I don't know if it's for you,
or it is for you,

it's so difficult to know
if we will have the same torque or not.

If we will have
the same torque in the start or not.

If we will have the same toque
while riding or not.

I mean, it's like you do like this
and then "Maybe".

And you cannot... If you have
a race like this, then you cannot start.

I stayed thinking,
"I'm going to give it a go."

I thought, "Screw it. I'm doing this."

I told people yesterday. I'll either reach
the podium or end up the way I ended.

The ball is now in Honda's court.
I'm sure Marc is thinking,

"I've been through an ordeal.
I've been through the desert.

When I reach the oasis,
please let there be water. Otherwise,

I might have to switch horses."

I'd be upset if Honda
did nothing to boost him.

ROSER ALENTÁ
MARC'S MOTHER

[commentator]
He's highsided. Big, big highside.

Massive, massive highside there
for Marc Márquez.

Because the one who hits the ground...

is Marc.

Keep problems at a minimum
and provide solutions.

Marc on the track and Marc off the track,
my personality is the same.

I always look for the same things.

I look for good vibes, smiles,
and for things to flow.

DECEMBER 1ST. MÁRQUEZ BROTHERS

WATCH THE JAPAN-SPAIN
WORLD CUP MATCH WITH FRIENDS

MARÍA POMBO
INFLUENCER

PABLO CASTELLANO
INFLUENCER

-He's an as*h*le.
-Now I'm ready.

-What are you doing?
-I'm ready now.

-No!
-You son of a b*tch!

You b*stard! Take off that shirt.

This is who pays our bills, man...

[all laughing]

Who do you think pays for all this?

You don't give a damn
about soccer, do you?

I like watching games like this,
but I care even less about bikes.

-No, it's strong as hell.
-Let me see.

Go ride already, no excuses, that's it!

-He doesn't even have a bike yet.
-No.

Try the normal omelet,
without the bread.

-I'm not kidding, I swear...
-Okay.

-Let him try it with onion.
-Marc, you've tried omelets before.

-Let's see. Come on, man.
-The airplane is coming...

Dude, you nearly...
Don't push me, I'm going to...

-And the bike...
-I said, "Nothing."

So you tried both bikes,
you didn't like the new one...

I tried the new one
and it was the same thing.

CARLOS SAINZ JR.
FORMULA 1 DRIVER

And I said, "Listen, do we have
anything else to try out?

"No? I'm not riding this anymore.
Bring me something decent and I'll ride."

So what new things do you want?
Engine, wings, or what?

Something that works, I don't care.

I said, "I don't care if you put
the rear tire up front

"and the front tire in the rear.
I want something that works."

What are you doing?

-Now?
-Take it.

-Did you take it? Did it vibrate?
-Yes.

-I look ugly.
-You have a girlfriend, relax.

-If you don't get girls, who will?
-No.

This guy is from another planet,
he's like Julio Iglesias.

-I've never seen anything like it.
-No.

He's the same. He doesn't talk
and stays calm and collected,

but he's always got something going on,
he's a professional.

Excuse me, he's the worst of all.

-You can see him on the bike.
-Like a f*cking earthquake.

I'm not the same anymore.
I've settled down now.

Well, at 29 years old,
it's about time you settled down.

-I've always said that at 30...
-You'll retire?

-Yes.
-From the market?

I've always said
that by 30 I'd have a girlfriend.

-You're closing up shop.
-I have a year and two months left.

-What do you mean, a year?
-I'm counting that whole last year.

Us athletes are more careful
with our food, with this and that...

-He'll end up with a 40-year-old.
-What happens if Japan wins now?

Nothing. We're in, because Germany won.

[Marc] In 2023,
I'll keep living in Madrid.

I'm comfortable. And yes,
I'll combine it with other places,

LAST sh**ting DAY

[man] Many months ago, Marc, I asked you

whether, during this tough year,

you had considered retiring.

And this is what you answered.

Let's see.

Yes, of course,
I've thought about retiring

and I've talked about it
with José and my father separately.

And I say...

That's when I say, is it worth it or not?

I have enough to live,
I've accomplished what I've accomplished,

so I say,
"Well, let's stop and that's it."

I mean, this suffering isn't...
It isn't necessary.

It was weird, it was a weird time for me.

I didn't have the strength to speak up.

But I remember when I spoke
to my father about it.

I came out of a check-up
with the ophthalmologist

and in the car,
I told him, "Dad, I'm going to retire."

And my dad said, "No, stay."

Now I can tell you about it,
but then I couldn't, it was impossible.

Now I can talk about it
because it feels so distant.

That moment...
I think, "It isn't going to happen."

Because I don't see my retirement close.
Back then, I felt it was.

I didn't understand why...
I told you guys,

I said, "Why an interview now?
Let's do it all at the end."

Now I see that, while it was happening,
I couldn't control my emotional state,

let alone considering the season I've had.

If you ask me, "What can we expect
from Marc Márquez?" Everything.

I'll give everything I have
for the objective.

I mean, I'm Marc.

While I'm competing, my goal is to win.

[commentator] 1 Oh, Márquez is down!

[commentator 2]
He's gone again! That's a big crash!

Seeing him broken...

It was all or nothing,
not just to compete, but to live.

It's probably his last b*llet.

He had promised his grandfather.
"If this doesn't work out, I'll retire."

-Give me a hug.
-Marc.

Marc is a chosen one.

Very competitive.

He's the only rider that isn't scared.

On the track, he's superhuman.

He does things on a bike
not many other people can do.

You always have to keep believing that
you can come back to your full strength.

Once he comes back to his full strength,

he's gonna dominate again.

[commentator] He is back, ladies and
gentlemen, and still king of the ring.

Marc Márquez wins!