01x03 - Champion

[bunniefuu]

[Marc] I understand
we need to talk about Valentino.

2015 was a crazy year, tense.

In Argentina,
Valentino and I met on the track.

Valentino is a rider
that likes battling it out.

[commentator 1] This is an amazing battle!

[commentator 2] Wow! They touched!

-[commentator 1] They just touched!
-[commentator 2] Wow!

This could be the start of a new era.

Their relationship changed.

I will give to Marc less kiss from now.
[chuckles]

I was watching it happen,
rubbing my hands.

A battle between them could benefit me.
And that's what happened.

Also in Assen, on the last lap...

-In the past, in Laguna Seca, he did it.
-Yeah.

His target is not just to win the race,
but also help Lorenzo...

b*stard! How'd you pull that off
on the last lap?

I just would help if he was my teammate.
If he isn't, I will push for the victory.

The most tense race of recent times
is about to start! The heat is on!

It all kept adding up,
and then we met on the track.

[commentator] Look at Valentino!
Look at what Valentino has just done!

He kicked him!

I think Márquez understood
that Valentino had done it on purpose.

[commentator 1] He clearly made him fall!

[commentator 2] Wow!

Please tell me it's on video.

Could I have risked it on the last turn
without knowing what would happen?

Yes.

But the thing is, this person had done
all this to me just because I passed him.

Was I going to help him win a title?

No.

MADRID
SPAIN

MAY 25TH, 2022

Thank goodness.

Here it says,
"Marc Márquez doesn't lose hope."

-Really?
-Yes.

[chuckling]

"He doesn't rule out that
the Honda will do well in Mugello."

CARLOS GARCÍA
MARC MÁRQUEZ'S PHYSIOTHERAPIST

-That's what it says here.
-Who said that?

-You did.
-My a*s.

I don't think the doctor
will text me today or tomorrow...

If he says Monday,
I'll have to leave Saturday or Sunday.

-Fast as hell!
-I'll do Friday, try the new chassis.

-Get your test done and that's it.
-I'll test the chassis, and I'll leave.

I don't think he'll say... Or can he?

sh*t, I don't know.

But if we consider the timeframe
he gave us, I don't think so.

I didn't want to race in Mugello.

I just felt the obligation to do it.
But Honda said, "Don't feel obliged."

It can't be, it won't be on Monday...

-Nobody would understand.
-It would be weird.

-No, nobody would understand a thing.
-Nobody will.

Not only journalists,
but people that upload videos on YouTube

-or whatever...
-Yes, but...

You look at what people say and think,
"My gosh, these people..."

-I don't look at it because...
-I get that you don't.

I get pissed off if I do.

"Marc Márquez has changed...
He isn't like before..."

Because then you can say something like...
"It is what it is." You know?

-I can't spill the beans, dude.
-Of course, exactly.

It's so easy
to write and talk about people...

[Marc] Honestly, I gave it a try.

Later on I said, "It won't affect me."

I went back to Twitter.

I was injured for a long time,
so I ended up opening the app.

I said, "It won't affect me."
But it does, to some extent.

No matter how strong you are,

when you read something negative
about you, it affects you.

MUGELLO CIRCUIT
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

QUALY DAY

[man] We have some big raindrops,
but not too hard.

In five minutes this'll be wet.

It's raining, yeah. If I went out now,
it'd have to be with slicks.

One or two laps, no more.

-One.
-One lap and that's it.

-It's not raining now, is it?
-Yes, it is.

In these conditions go with medium.

-Well, if we had to...
-Yes, medium-medium.

-No, Marc.
-No way.

No way, man. I'm sorry.

I'll go with medium-medium and that's it.

If someone goes with slicks
and beats us, tough luck...

Go out despite the water, check it out.

You want to keep going, keep going.
If not, we have the other bike ready.

What's the plan now?

Want to wait for somebody
or do you want to go out alone?

No, let's wait for... The Ducati is good.
Bagnaia. He'll be fast.

Okay... José! You're there. Let me know
when Bagnaia comes out. All right?

It's raining.

No!

We wait. We wait and...

Red flag. Red flag.

Are you okay?

Yes. There was too much water.

Okay, relax.

-I was going straight, but...
-Yep, we saw.

-Even going straight...
-We saw.

You were on the inside, right?
On the inside?

I touched the curb,
but then I set the bike straight

and felt like,
"No, I can't do anything..."

You weren't even leaning in.

And I pushed alone what I could.

-It's 5 a.m.
-He isn't awake yet.

-Of course he is. Yes.
-Five in the morning?

-Hello.
-[Joaquín] Hello, good morning.

-How are you?
-Good morning, Joaquín. Good.

-I'm here with Alberto and Emilio.
-Perfect. Can you hear me okay?

Yes, I can hear you perfectly. Yes.

I'll explain a bit
how this technology works.

To make your bone normal again,

we have to twist it
in this direction a lot.

What does "a lot" mean?

-Well...
-Have you calculated the degrees?

I want to make my measurements
on an X-ray.

But I estimate
more than 40 degrees, I think.

Can you see the difference?

Yes, the difference is obvious.

I'm 100% sure that this is the problem.

There's clearly a serious problem.

What I said about the dates is that
I'll adapt to whatever your needs are.

Like I said, if you say Monday,
I'll grab a flight today and go...

-I mean, it's my number one priority.
-No. Thursday.

-Okay.
-Because Monday is a holiday here.

And I'd like to see you in my office

and talk face to face on Wednesday.

-Okay.
-I'll file everything today.

-Okay. Thanks a lot, Joaquín.
-Very well. Thanks a lot.

No problem. Great.

Well... Good...

-Well...
-It's a lot, huh?

It's a lot.

Now let's see how we explain it...

I'll come out
and say it after the race. Right?

Yes, if you want to race.

-Of course.
-If you don't want to race,

-we can say it this afternoon.
-No, I do want to race.

You should think about it,
because now this is the reality.

Yes.

-This is our objective.
-Yes.

If you want to do it right,
and you don't want to mess it up...

"Let's see, this guy is going to talk."

[Marc] Like Alberto said,

next Thursday I'll have
my fourth surgery on my humerus.

I can't continue like this.
It's too painful for me to enjoy the bike.

The pain has outgrown
the feeling of racing.

And that's why we've decided
to stop this season for now,

get the surgery, and keep pushing.

There are many sacrifices, but I'm sure
we'll see improvement from this.

[José] When they called him
from the US, they said,

"Get off the bike, come now,

"it's impossible for you
to compete like this."

MARC'S FRIEND AND ASSISTANT

[Roser] Alberto called me and I told him,
"Why do you let him race?

MARC'S MOTHER

"What if something happens?
What if he falls?"

And Alberto said, "You tell him!

"He's your son, you know him!"

[engine revving]

MÁRQUEZ FINISHES 10TH IN MUGELLO

Thanks. Thank you.

Thank you, Carlo.

Bye. Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome. Thanks. Thank you.

-Good luck.
-Thank you for the job this weekend.

-Yes.
-Yeah.

Thank you, Ginetto.

Today I was riding calmly. Today, yeah.

-Bravo.
-Thanks.

-Thank you.
-All right.

Thank you, Bepo.

Hey, dude, you completed the race.
Was it hard? Yeah?

I did like six good laps, pushing,
but then I had to tone it down a bit.

Otherwise, I can't keep going.

-Time to go to sleep.
-To sleep, yeah.

-Anesthesia and to sleep.
-You're looking sharp, dude!

-When you're a legend...
-No, no...

-You've got some ba*ls. Good luck.
-Thanks a lot. Thanks.

Marc, a photo!

[knocking on door]

Who is it? Open up.

-Hey! Come in.
-[man] Oh, you're filming?

No, no worries, dude.

-How are you?
-Dude, I came to give you a hug.

-No way.
-I'm so sorry...

-Thanks. Are you okay?
-Yeah.

-This sucks, but it is what it is, man.
-I could tell you weren't comfortable.

No...

It's not obvious looking at you,
but I watched you and...

Yeah. I ride in pain all day,
trying to be aggressive.

I try to pass and...

What's the point of riding like that?
That's how I train in practice...

And you like to pull
the bike up front a lot and now...

Like this, of course.

He was one of the few that came to see me.

Well, Quartararo came by too.

But, for example,
my teammate Paul didn't come see me,

and he's right next to me in the box.

I mean, you don't expect everyone to come,

but I didn't expect Aleix
to come see me, and damn...

Of course, because you have
a pretty delicate shoulder, right?

-Yeah, but the problem is in my humerus.
-Oh, okay.

-So it's not the shoulder?
-No.

The problem is I broke my bone here,
and it's rotated.

-Okay.
-I can't move my arm further back.

But forwards, I can move it way more.

Do you understand?
That's why I carry my arm here all day.

Then my arm seizes up, I don't know,
it's getting worse. But well...

-Good luck, dude.
-Keep it up, you were fast today.

I'll try. Let's hope we can stop
those f*cking Ducati.

Your bike is pretty fast too.

Yeah, it's fast. Now it is.

-Okay, see you. Bye.
-All right. Goodbye. Good luck.

See? This I appreciate.

I really appreciate it.

Did I miss some people coming by?

Well, I don't know. No.

[man] Valentino didn't text you.

But I already knew that.

I know exactly who's going
to support me and who isn't,

or who wishes the best for me
and who doesn't.

Luckily, there aren't many who wish me
the worst, but I bet there's someone.

For me, Valentino Rossi is show.

He was an idol to me,
I always used to say it.

I was a fan of Dani Pedrosa
and Valentino Rossi.

He loved Valentino.

He used to buy
Valentino's toy bikes every week

for his collection.

He was more than a role model,
because a role model

is what you strive for. He was an idol.

In 2014, after the race at Misano,

I went to his ranch.

We were there for a day.

We were competing over
who could beat the record on his track.

And starting from that day,
I think something changed.

The relationship cooled off a bit.

I don't know why. Maybe he was bothered
that I beat his track record.

I don't know. [chuckles]

FIRST CLASH
ARGENTINIAN GRAND PRIX - 2015

-It's all you today!
-Let's hope so.

In 2015, Marc realized that sometimes,
when Valentino felt limited,

ERNEST RIVERAS
JOURNALIST

he would change psychologically.

Because for many years, Valentino had won
without being the fastest.

VALENTINO
THE WIND IS OLD, BUT IT KEEPS BLOWING

In Argentina...

[commentator]
93 against 46! Rossi on the brakes!

There's contact there
between Márquez and Rossi!

Oh, Márquez is down! Marc Márquez
has crashed out of second place!

[all yell]

[commentator] His second Grand Prix
victory of this season for "The Master",

"The Doctor", Valentino Rossi!

MARC HITS THE GROUND IN ARGENTINA
AFTER FIGHTING WITH ROSSI

ROSSI WINS THE COMBAT
NETHERLANDS - 2015

[Ernest] Then in Assen.

[commentator] Márquez up at the inside
of Rossi! Rossi just holds...

Rossi is through the gravel!
Rossi is going to win the race!

[Ernest]
Of course, in Australia and in Asia,

look at how Valentino acted off the track.

ROSSI USES CUNNINGNESS
IN ASSEN TO WIN THE RACE

Up until then,
they didn't see each other as rivals.

But Valentino said,
"It's my chance to win my 10th title."

EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL
AUSTRALIAN GP - 2015

He put it all on the line.

Valentino is a rider
that likes battling it out.

Something I personally didn't agree with

is when he said
that Marc tried to help Jorge in Australia

when he passed him on the last turn,
taking five points from him.

I really don't get it.

[commentator] Close!
He's going to move though

on the brakes down into turn 10!

Márquez goes for the victory!
He's made that move stick!

Rossi comes through on Andrea Iannone!
World championship chopping and changing!

Márquez wins! Who is going to be third?

Andrea Iannone takes third place!
Valentino Rossi off the podium!

What a last lap by Marc Márquez!

It was the fastest lap
of the Australian Grand Prix!

MÁRQUEZ FLIES IN THE LAST LAP
AND WINS IN AUSTRALIA

I think Márquez wanted to win.

FORMER MOTOGP RIDER
FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION

He tried, and he succeeded.

b*stard! How'd you pull that off
on the last lap?

-You gave it all you had.
-I gave it all.

[Emilio] It was a big mistake not to focus
on those last two races.

You have to work with your skills,
your bike, your potential, your rival,

and make sure you don't get distracted.

He tried to make Marc Márquez look guilty
in front of the crowd and the fans.

"If Valentino doesn't win,
it's Marc's fault."

I think that was a big mistake.

THE WEEKEND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
MALAYSIAN GP - 2015

[Rossi] During the race
it was more difficult to understand,

but after, when I saw the race later,
it was very clear that he played with us.

I think that his target
is not just to win the race,

but also help Lorenzo to go far.

Jorge has a new supporter, that is Marc.

At first, everyone thought it was a joke,

until somebody asked again by saying,

"Do you really think that
Marc is Jorge's squire?

Were you serious, or were you kidding?"

"Absolutely serious.

This guy wants this guy to win
and they want to undermine me."

When you're feeling strong and know
you're going to win every race,

you don't talk about this kind of stuff.

Lorenzo is right about this.
If you're fast,

nothing bothers you
and you don't have time for nonsense.

If you aren't fast and you feel inferior,
feeling like you're going to lose,

you start looking for problems,
in the hope that, well...

-It's good fishing... What's that saying?
-[man] In troubled waters.

That's it.

I think he was influenced
by people around him.

JULIÀ MÁRQUEZ
MARC'S FATHER

They got to his head.

They told me,
and I didn't believe it at first.

Unfortunately, expect the best,
prepare for the worst.

He compares himself with me a lot.

He wants to surpass me in number
of victories and world championships.

If I win another world championship,
he knows he has to win one more.

Is it true that I was his idol?

Is it true he has a poster of me
in his house? I don't know.

I'm not sure.
I'd like to check for myself. [chuckles]

[Roser] His dad called me
and said, "Look at this."

Now take pictures of Marc's room

and his collection of toy motorcycles
that's in his room.

I put them in a cardboard box

and when Marc came back from a ride,
they were gone.

Sunday. Starting grid. PA, "Marc Márquez!"

And the whole crowd was booing.

I don't mind the booing,
but I thought, "What did I do?"

That experience they had
in Argentina and Holland,

the way they battled it out,
the crazy braking during that race

made Marc not really care
about winning as much.

He only cared
about passing Valentino on every turn.

It all kept adding up
until we met at the race.

Well, until one of us lost it...

[commentator] He absolutely mugs
Rossi on the outside!

Rossi looks really close!

-Rossi!
-Márquez has crashed!

You've got to say Valentino Rossi
looks over his left shoulder,

he slowed right down in turn number 14.

There was contact between Márquez.
A shake of the head from Marc Márquez

and you feel with some justification.

[Santi] I was angry, and I was in the box.

Imagine the guy on the bike
that sees it happen.

MARC MÁRQUEZ'S CHIEF MECHANIC

How's he going to feel?
Angry. Pissed. Not understanding why.

Some people still say
that I threw myself against his bike.

[chuckles]

"He didn't kick you,
he only pushed his foot out a bit."

Whatever, he cornered me
into the side of the track,

didn't give me any room, and when
he looked at me, he poked his foot out.

ROSSI KNOCKS MÁRQUEZ OFF AT SEPANG

ROSSI LOSES IT BECAUSE OF MÁRQUEZ

I think it was also a mistake
from the race director.

When you see that happen,
you should automatically...

If the rider isn't Valentino Rossi,
it's a black flag and it's over.

-Thank you.
-Bravo! Beautiful race.

Beautiful kick.

ROSSI, SANCTIONED IN MALAYSIA,
WILL START LAST IN VALENCIA

JORGE LORENZO WINS THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP VALENCIA GP - 2015

[Riveras] He was penalized
and lost the World Championship.

But he wouldn't have won anyways.

Even if he had started fourth,
he would've finished fourth.

Jorge, Marc, and Dani
were much faster that day.

And then the race.

[commentator] Look at Valentino Rossi

streaming up the inside
down into the first corner.

[Marc] Could I have
risked it on the last turn

without knowing what would happen? Yes.

But the thing is,
this person had done all this to me

just because I passed him...
Was I going to help him win a title? No.

[commentator]
Jorge Lorenzo will be crowned

the 2015 Moto GP world champion!

Ninety-nine wins here in Valencia!

LORENZO'S VICTORY
EARNS HIM HIS 5TH CROWN

MÁRQUEZ, LORENZO'S SQUIRE
IN VALENCIA

[Rossi] This looks like a fixed
soccer match, but low level.

By someone who decided to do it

because of a personal vengeance.

I wasn't motivated,
because of what he created,

because of what I lived
during those two weeks.

I don't wish that on anybody,
let alone at 22 years old.

"Just know that Valentino
has a lot of power with the media,

a lot of people
are going to be against you."

If someone disrespects me, hey,
I've got the personality, and the ba*ls.

CERVERA
LLEIDA

MAY 30TH, 2022

-[Roser] What?
-[Marc] I'm here with the patriarch.

With the patriarch?

[Marc]
What? I'm getting surgery in the US.

An osteotomy is when they break your bone.

They break it again.

-[man] Oh, they're going to break it.
-[Marc] In a controlled way.

They won't do it with a hammer.

[chuckles]

And they're going to set it straight.

-They have to put it right, I told them.
-You can't lie to me.

-What do you mean I can't lie to you?
-When you said your arm was fine.

But when you would get off the bike,
I could tell...

Tick, tock.

I could tell your arm wasn't okay.

The only one who says it
straight to me like that is my grandpa.

I went to see him and he said,
"Stop, kid, stop.

"Just quit the bike,
you've already won so much.

"You've done everything you had to do."

I said, "Yes, but I think I can do more."

Well, I'll do that, Grandpa.
I'll get the surgery.

If it goes well, I'll ride.
If not, I'll listen to you.

I'll hang up the suit and that's it.

It's what you should do.

Right now? Not yet. One more chance.

-You have plenty of money now.
-Yes, I know that.

You should find another job
so that you can live a calm life.

But you'll give me one more chance.

I can't hang up the suit yet.
One more. This one.

If it were up to me, no.

-Oh!
-[chuckles]

Do whatever you want.
You're going to do it anyways.

No matter what I say,
you aren't listening to sh*t.

You know me...

If death is coming to get me soon,
I don't care if it's today or tomorrow.

No, wait. Wait for me to win again.

You know what I've always said?

The day my grandchildren are
at the top of the world,

I can die in peace.

[Roser]
Well, we shouldn't think about that.

You've seen me there twice.

You've seen him twice.
He's won twice and I...

-Eight.
-Eight times, the b*stard.

Well, everyone does what they can.

We're the best. Yes or no?
We're the best, and that's that.

Yes. You're one of a kind.

[all chuckle]

I knew I was in the best hands,
or at least that's what I had been told.

I trusted the process, I stayed positive,

like I always do.

But I was scared, and I actually
asked the doctor a couple of times,

"You're sure about this, right?"

ROCHESTER
USA

JUNE 1ST, 2022

[Pedrosa] When you go there it's because
there's nowhere else to go.

It's a peculiar experience.

I went alone, during winter,
it was very cold.

The situation is daunting.
You go into that gigantic building...

-Marc, welcome to Rochester. How are you?
-Hello, Joaquín.

-How was the trip? Hello. Joaquín Sánchez.
-All good.

-We met in Madrid, didn't we?
-Hello. Yes.

I'll leave my things here and we can sit.

If I were to look at all the surgeries
you've had on your right side...

-Yes.
-Let's go over them.

First you had the Latarjet in 2019

for the shoulder,
from which you recovered,

then a second surgery in July.

End of July. Yes. 2020.

-A third one, around early August.
-Early August.

-And the fourth in December with Samuel.
-Yes.

Okay, perfect.
Now I'm going to show you the bones.

So, the way this works is

we've taken your humerus
from your left side. This is your bone.

Same size. If you want to hold it,
it's pretty interesting.

And what we've done
on this side is a mirror image.

-This is what we want, okay?
-Okay.

So we're going to position the bones
in a way that you can see...

If I place the bones in the same position,

you can see the different angle.
Can you see it?

I measured it on the computer,

which is extremely precise,
it's 34 degrees.

34 degrees.

The difference in rotation is 34 degrees.

-Is that much?
-It's a lot.

-I think it's going to go great.
-No, but...

-If not, I wouldn't have told you to come.
-No, I'll be honest, I mean...

Either I do this or I don't compete again,
because I just can't keep going.

I can't just try to push through it.
I can't compete like this.

I raced this weekend
and it only gets worse every time.

Okay, I'm convinced.

I'm also convinced.
I have a good feeling about it.

Some surgeries
I'm not sure they're going to work out,

-but with you I have a great feeling.
-Of course. Thanks.

[Marc] Mom. I already saw the doctor
and he told me it's all under control.

They're going to set my arm straight.

Alberto, what's up? I've seen the place,
this Mayo Clinic is massive.

I didn't expect it to be so big.

I'm going to the clinic at 5:30.
I get the surgery at 7:00 or so.

Two hour surgery,
and then they asked me if...

You were right,
they drug you up fast in here.

They asked me if I wanted to stay or not,
I told them yes, one night.

So I'll stay for a night
and Friday morning I'll be out.

Then I'll head to the hotel.

I'll call you
when I get out tomorrow, okay?

All right, good luck in Montmeló.

[Marc] I want to get back to the top
with you guys.

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

-Is the balance under control?
-It went great.

"Can't brake."

-They're filming you, Mom.
-"Ha ha..."

And no problems.

[Marc] No way!

Speed up!

-How's it going?
-What's up?

Now we get along great,
and he's an amazing person.

But in 2013, 2014...

There was a lot of tension because
we were fighting for the same thing.

You've got to make your teammate's life
impossible, if you can.

Now!

Show them the graphics and I'll say,
"Have you seen this?"

[Emilio] In these situations,
you either stick together

or split. We were separated by others.

This is to win.