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Marc Márquez Video Interview MotoGP 2013
Fast-talk with Marc Márquez as MotoGP 2013 season ends.
Marc Márquez isn't expecting much of a break, even though the new MotoGP season doesn't get underway until March 23, 2014.
The newly-crowned MotoGP World Champion is busy fulfilling media commitments after becoming the youngest ever rider in the sport's history to take the title, after which he expects to have just two weeks off before starting his preparations for the new season.
The 20-year-old spoke to redbull.com about finding the limit, defending his crown, and dealing with pressure...
Redbull.com: After a tough season it's time to rest, or have you got a lot to do in the coming weeks?Marc Márquez: “Now, the part of the job I find the hardest starts even though it may be the least physically demanding aspect, but for me it's the busiest: interviews, events, press.
"Afterwards we'll rest up for at least two weeks, a bit of relaxation and rest so my body can recuperate. Then we'll start with the pre-season work properly, training like normal and how we have done for the past year, all in preparation for the first test in Malaysia.”
For a rider who's won the title and broken so many records along the way in just his first season in MotoGP, what's your motivation for what lies ahead? “My motivation is to win more, to defend the title, even though I don't know what that feels like. Before this, I've always moved up to the next category immediately after I've won the title in the lower classes.
So this experience of being the defending World Champion and having all eyes on me will be a new one for me, but it'll be nice too!
Will you go out on track feeling added pressure, or do you think you'll just continue to enjoy it like you did in 2013? "You have to enjoy it, otherwise you can't go fast. However, there will of course be more pressure than there was this year. In 2013 things went well for us pretty much whatever happened, but at the end of the season we did have pressure. That doesn't bother me though because I work well under pressure.”
How do you handle being compared with some of the best riders in the sport's history, some of whom are your heroes? “It's difficult, because when you hear your idols praise you, as is my case with Rossi, it's special and gives you goosebumps. For me it's also a motivation, and a sign that we're doing things well. Staying at that level will be hard.”
What, or where, is your limit? “I hope that I never find it and always have room for improvement.”
Your circle of trusted people is well known (Emilio Alzamora, your father...) but there must surely be someone who remains in the background and isn't known to the public, who's had as much influence and impact as they have? “In order to have a successful sporting career every detail is important.
Every person who has helped and supported you is important.
"Right now the person who I spend most time with is my personal trainer, who nobody has spoken about or named because he doesn't come to the races. He prefers to be at home. His name is Genís Cuadros and he's one of the people who helps me the most and I spend a lot of my days with him, training.”