Marc Marquez has opened up about th𝄹e “r♚isk” of racing to a former Isle of Man TT rider.

Adam Child raced ar💎ound the Mountain Course for 11 years,🥂 ending in 2018 with a personal-best finish of P5.

He interviewed Marquez for𒁏 The Telegraph about the MotoGP star’s horrific injury history and why he continues racing.

Marc Marquez on MotoGP risk and injury

ℱ“Sometimes even I ask why I keep going,” Marquez confessed.

“But motorbikes are ꩵmy paಌssion. If you ask what is my hobby? I say ‘motorbikes’.

“Riding motorbikes is my biggest hobby and 🙈it has beꦛcome my job.

“I’m super l🐎ucky to havꦍe this job and I want to keep going.”

Marquez continued: “On the ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤🎶⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚbike, I take full risk every time because that is my job.

“When you are crashing, sliding down the🔯 racetrack, you are only thinking about getting to t𒊎he spare bike in the pits.

“Sometimes you understand the crash, sometimes no. But we are not scared abouꦕt crashing.

“If you un😼derstand the crashꦏ, you braked too late for example, and you know why you crash, you can push again straight away.”

Marc Marquez explains new attitude

The arm injury he notoriously suffered in 2020 threatened his career a༺nd his health.

Ma♒rquez returned on an uncompetitive Honda which he tried to push beyo꧃nd its limit.

That resulted in multiple highsides, and a crash-fest at the 2023 German MotoGP at the Sachsenring. He withdrew before the grand prix at ♊a circuit which he traditionall🎃y enjoyed.

A move to Gresini Ducati re-lit his fire. He h𒐪ad a competitive bike, and won races again. Crucially, the danger of constant crashes disappeared.

Th𝓡is year on a factory Ducati Marquez is among the two favourites for the 2025 MotoGP championship.

He dominated last weekend's season-opener in Thailand, claiming pole position then winning t🅘he sprint and the grand prix.

“Five yearꦫs ago, before the injuries, winning was the norma🎃l thing,” he said.

“Now I realise that winning is not a normal thing. After al𓆏l the injuries and four or five long operations in the arm, now if I take a win, it’s like a present.

“I have had a great career,ও and now I’m back to pushing the limi🍸ts to try to improve.

“ Last year I did the most difficult thing in my career and that was to come b👍ack from those injuries 💖and win again with Gresini.”

Marquez’s more mature approach to risk-taking exte🎀nds beyond mot💯orcycle racing.

Speaking at Ducati’s season launch on the ski mountains of Italy, he said: “When I was 20 years old I would crash two or three times when skiing, try꧋ing to go fast.

“But, at 𒐪31, I realise what an injury is, what an injury can💯 do.

“So I take my time, I am calm on the skis and take ris𓆏ks only on the racetrack – which is my job.”