Marc Marquez credits new girlfriend Gemma Pinto: “Saving me” from Honda woes

The Repsol Honda rider has🐽 yet to even complete a grand prix as MotoGP hits its summer break, amid a dಌreadful year of over-riding, crashes and injuries.
But his romance with Gemma Pinto, confirmed a month ago, has given him s♔ome reason to smile.
“This month and a half of br𒈔eak will be good for me in all aspects,” quoted Marquez.
“On a professional level it is one of my hardest moments, but the personal level is compensating for it, which is one of my bes🍨t moments.
“I am calmer, happier, supported by my family, by my brother, my partner, my manager and the entire team that surr🉐ounds m♏e.
— Sas (@sasideerhan)“It is there where the balance i💫s being offset a bit and that will surely give me the strength to keep pushing and to return to Silverstone.
"I give myself the summer to rest, to reflect and to clear my mind to🔴o, which will be good. To start the second half of the season with the same commitment.
“But it helps a🏅 lot that I am in one of my best moments on a personal level and that is what is saving me.
“It is the only thing that I hold on to to t🐎urn this situation around.
“To continue working with my people, with mine🅰, with my family, my brother, my partner, my manager to get to Silverstone with the same commitment that I had in Portimao.
𓆏🌟“But with a slightly different approach to try to make the second half of the season more stable.”
Ma꧋rquez has endured 🦩hand and rib injuries this season, a horrible campaign which culminated with five crashes before withdrawing from the German MotoGP. A week later, his comeback failed and he pulled out of the Dutch MotoGP too.
His long-ter💜m future a♏t Honda, where he is contracted until the end of 2024, is in question.

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