Marc Márquez’s Aragon grand prix victory was another important landmark in an epic journey that’s taken one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time from the highest peaks of ecstasy (six MotoGP titles in seven years) to the deepest depths of despair (having his right arm literally sawn in half to keep racing).
Reaching this latest landmark – from rock bottom to his 86th GP victory, his first with Ducati – required four major operations and a change of motorcycle and team. This has never been done before.
More than four hellish years of operating theatres, staring at hospital ceilings and failed comebacks make this journey perhaps more remarkable than Mick Doohan’s, which took the teak-tough Aussie from having surgeons considering amputating his right leg to five consecutive MotoGP titles.
