Marc Marquez says “Everything’s fine” — Dani Pedrosa isn’t buying it

“I don’t know if that’s now or if it will be some time from now, but I think the most decisive factor for Marc in this regard will be his physical condition.

“There are things that, even if you try not to see them or think about them, get ingrained in your subconscious. And there’s something you can’t completely erase or get rid of.

“Then you get back on the bike and little by little you increase your speed, you try more, you regain your confidence, and you convince yourself again that everything is fine.

“But, for example, in my case, or with some injuries I had, or Marc with the ones he had in his arm, there are lingering effects that make you think: ‘My arm is crooked, my ankle isn’t straight…’

“In the end, those things get ingrained somehow and you can’t get rid of them. So, as you get older, it all adds up, and it gets harder and harder to shake it off.”

Pedrosa backs Marquez’s decision to keep injury details private

Marquez has been spotted favouring his shoulder in the garage, but he hasn’t provided much detail about the pain he’s dealing with.

Pedrosa said even Marquez probably isn’t sure how long his recovery will take. He also suggested that Marquez would want to control the narrative around his situation. Marquez is careful not to give his rivals any mental edge by showing weakness.

“I mean, it’s very logical!” Pedrosa said of his approach. “First, because of your own uncertainty. Right now, you’re in a situation where you don’t know if your injury is improving or if it’s in a process where you don’t know if it will improve further or not. So, you yourself don’t know where it’s headed.

“Then there’s the other possibility: you try not to talk about what’s happening to you so much, because you’ll be answering the same question all day long, and that really overwhelms your brain.

“In the end, it seems like everything revolves around just that, and you can’t focus on anything else or on the competition. So, to avoid that being the focus, you try not to talk about it or think about it all day.

“And the third reason would be that if you’re not feeling well or not 100%, then don’t give too many clues.”

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