
Last weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas, the MotoGP paddock saw a different Marc Marquez. He was more serious than usual, more thoughtful and subdued, with less spark. His brother Alex declared that "he had never seen him so low in morale".
Despite celebrating the possibility of returning to racing after missing the last two races, as a result of the wild accident he suffered in the warm-up at Mandalika that caused the reappearance of his double vision problems, the Honda rider arrived at the Circuit of the Americas with doubts weighing heavy on his mind.