The Spanish Marc Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP23), eight-time motorcycle world champion, did not want to comment on the possibility of competing in the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community, but in the end he did so by stating that “it would be a mistake, ethically speaking.” due to the destruction in the Valencian territory, with dozens of deaths, caused by DANA.
“My feeling is clear, as a Spanish driver I would like to have a grand prix in Spain, and more so in one of the circuits that I like the most, and where there is always a great atmosphere, but the situation is what it is and first of all We have to help all the people who have been left homeless, who right now don’t have a roof over their heads, food, all that,” says Márquez, in the run-up to the Malaysian GP, to the newspaper AS and Relevo.com.
The images are terrifying; “It hurts a lot to see people in those conditions.”
Marc Márquez assures that “the images are terrifying.” ”We are far away, but we have followed it closely and it hurts a lot to see people in those conditions, and how DANA has hit Valencia in this case and the question about having a Grand Prix there, is completely meaningless, for me it would be a It is a mistake to talk about it when we have lost many Spaniards, we have lost lives,” said the man from Cervera.
“All the resources we have in our country must be allocated to these people. Sports events, non-sports events, remain completely in the background. The resources should be allocated there,” he insisted.
We don’t have to care about MotoGP compared to what’s happening there.”
And with the last race of the season, which is scheduled for Sunday, November 17, with training the days before, he commented that “the only option that would make sense to do the Valencia Grand Prix would be to allocate all the resources to the affected.” “Seeing the images from here, not knowing many things, for me if there is the possibility of raising a lot of money for all those families, it would make some sense, but if not, it is completely secondary,” he claimed.
The destruction caused by DANA in Valencia.
“I’m not saying that Valencia should be cancelled, I’m saying that everything that happens, what there is, what damage there is, what pros and cons there would be should be assessed, but that there should be another race yes or yes? Yes. Two have already been canceled this year, it would make no sense to end the championship here, saying on Thursday ‘No, the championship ends here’. There should be another race somewhere,” concluded Marc Márquez.
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His teammate and brother, Alex Márquez, explains that “there is a lot of speculation in the paddock about whether it will be done or not; My personal opinion is that the last thing to think about now is whether the race will be done or not. There is a week and a half until the trucks are there and all efforts cannot be focused on ensuring that the entrance to a circuit is fixed. “That’s the last thing that needs to be fixed right now.”
“There are people without homes, people who have not yet found their relatives, there are almost a hundred dead… Being realistic, I don’t see a world championship there in a week and a half because all efforts have to be focused on something else, which are people and families. Nothing more,” Alex Márquez states emphatically in the same media.
If there is any hope of going, I hope we find a way to add and give the Valencian Community a return, without a doubt.”
Also the Spaniard Pedro Acosta assured that “now the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community is what should matter least to everyone.” “When I saw the images of the circuit, I said ‘okay, access to the circuit has been broken’, but when I saw the images of the cities, I realized that it was a big disaster and the grand prize is the least of it. We don’t have to care about MotoGP compared to what is happening there and what is expected,” added the KTM man from Murcia.
“It is very hard to see this from so far away (from Malaysia). Can you help from so far away? It’s a good question. Everything is very recent and we have to wait for them to tell us how we can help,” said Aleix Espargaró, who sees it as “very complicated to go to Valencia” to race the Grand Prix. “If there is any hope of going, I hope we find a way to add and give the Valencian Community a return, without any doubt, and if not I think the championship is big and important enough to find a plan B, because “The first two are playing for the MotoGP title,” stated the Catalan Aprilia rider, who proposed Barcelona as an alternative for the final Grand Prix of the season.
“It is a difficult time for Spain and we must help.”
His teammate, Maverick Viñales, spoke along the same lines. “I don’t know what is the way to help, because it is difficult to do it from afar, but we will do it if someone finds a way and now the last race is on the back burner because the families deserve a lot of respect. It is a difficult time for Spain and we have to help,” explained the man from Roses, who is “very connected to Valencia”, where he has competed in championships since he was “little”. The top priority is to help all the people who have suffered this catastrophe,” concluded Viñales.
My opinion is that you have to see the human side of things. But I don’t know what will be done.”
For his part, for Álex Rins it would be “ugly if they focused on repairing the road that goes to the circuit, which is what everyone has seen, and not focus more on families and houses.” “My opinion is that you have to see the human side of things. But I don’t know what will be done,” said the Yamaha man, like the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, who lived in Altea: “I send all my support to the families and people there, to the children and animals, which I have also seen that there are many affected. The Grand Prix is what matters the least now.”
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