After a nine month ordeal Marc Marquez will return to his Honda next Friday in Portimao. The Spanish champion must undergo the usual medical examination in the ring to be declared “fit”. However, once approved by the doctors at Roper International Hospital in Madrid, this appears to be just a formality. Will mark Step on RC213V and try to give the HRC team a new luster that they recently missed without their real hero. Nine months without a race is a long period of time and operations with subsequent treatments and various relapses will definitely occur on Marquez’s body. The question waiting for an answer is: Will he really win or at least compete on the first try? Maybe Mark doesn’t know the answer …
Doohan and Lauda, the big name returns but never won (on first try)
In the history of sport there are many examples of champions who have returned more or less successfully after a serious injury and a long absence.
Stay in the motorcycle world, not to mention Mick Dohan, who was absent for four doctors in 1992 after a dental accident Then he returned to Brazil to try to win the title, a promise he didn’t make when Rene triumphed. However, the Australian made up for this two years later and in the following seasons when, thanks in part to Dr. Costa’s winter sponsorship won five consecutive world championships.
A similar story is that of Nikki Lauda, who returned to Monza in 1976 after a terrible accident at the Nürburgring that caused him many severe burns to take part in the last four races of the world championship and to lose a point to James Hunt . By this time the late former Ferrari driver and successful manager had already won a world title in 1975 and was able to repeat this feat in 1977 and crown his career in 1984 when he won half a point ahead of Alan Prost.
Roger Federer and the Big Back 2017
If we leave motorsport aside for the time being and move closer to the present, we can remember The great achievement of Roger Federer, Switzerland, One of the best tennis players in history at the 2017 Australian Open. Roger underwent knee surgery in February 2016 (Arthroscopic meniscus reconstruction) after a house accident and after a few months back on the mud tiles; However, he had to give up again, skipping Roland Garros for the first time after 65 consecutive entries in the Grand Slam. Federer A few months later he returned to the ring for the turf season and failed to win even on the popular Wimbledon turf. In the semifinals he lost to Rawink. A few days after that match, in which he also suffered a serious fall in his knee, the Swiss was there Take a break from tennis to recover from injuries. He also announced his absence from the Rio Olympics, the only prestigious tournament he had never won in his career. With defeats, absences, injuries, age (Federer was 35 years old at the time) and the 18th Grand Slam victory that was still awaiting him, the break seemed to end the career of the Swiss champion. About six months later, in early 2017, he returned for the Australian Open in Melbourne and finished 17th in the overall standings. In tennis, the world rankings are a bit like qualifying in motorsport, it determines your starting position and the opponent you have to face, and seventeenth is definitely not an advantage.
In this tournament the Swiss champion showed what many consider to be one of the best backhands of his career. He managed to drastically shorten the exchange in order to avoid overloading his knee and back, which were still at risk. The fifth group ends after a total of 23 sets, including two games. He reached the final with Rafa Nadal, his rival (and friend) and fierce opponent, who was waiting for him. In a match that lasted more than three and a half hours with a break before capsizing in Group E, Federer finally won: Five years after his last time, he won the prestigious 18th slam title of his career. The Swiss did not stop in Melbourne because he was also able to win three Masters 1000 and the Wimbledon championships this season. The following year he returned after another win at the Australian Open and became the world’s number one tennis player after more than five. Years.
MotoGP will not be forgotten and Portimao may not be the destination
Federer’s example shows that it is not impossible to come back after a long hiatus and get back to the best immediately. The world championship is not like the tennis tournament, but does not take place over two weeks and in a few rounds. It should be built week after week, GP after GP, and month after month. Federer’s performance at Melbourne 2017 was amazing, but the diversity between tennis and MotoGP teaches us that the Marquis The aim should not be to win in Portimao, but to get back into the competition as soon as possible why not? – Give us a great return by winning the world championship. Will he be able to do that?
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