Jose Louis Martinez, Mark marksAuxiliary and confidant, the game reveals the keys of one of the most epic return in sports history – one that almost never happened. “When we came back from Lombok, he told me that he was done,” he could not go, “recalls Martinez.
Martinez is much higher than the new crown Motogp World Champion’s assistant. Unlike most garages, where team employees come and go, Marx has placed them for more than 11 years. In 2015, a former Spanish Motocross Champion (2011), Martinez, separated his own racing career to focus on training marks in off-road riding. Initially, a rare companion, close ties with Martinez’s marks and his personality made him one of the few voices, which closely listens to the Ducati Rider.
Often despite being in the background – a difficult achievement considering cameras is constantly on marks – some are deployed as martinezes for the expansion of roadmap, which has probably inspired his friend for the most remarkable comeback in the history of the game.
It is a six -year journey divided into two phases: first, between 2020 and 2023, a true ordinance; Second, the last two sessions, the period of recovery and reconstruction. In both, tears were shed – first for pain, frustration and helplessness; The latter for complete bliss.
Through all this, Martinez has been there, with Alex marksMark’s brother, and Jemma, her partner, one of the most influential figures in her decisions.
The worst injury at its peak
It seems almost impossible that a single race may represent one of the most memorable performances of the championship strength and also the gate to a real nightmare. It was a 2020 Spanish GP in Jerez, where Marx made a historic comeback only to crashed and break his humus. It marked the beginning of a period of three years, in which he performed four surgery, before he could ride with a managerial border in his right hand.
Market, Repsol Honda Team
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Martinez says, “Nobody knows how much Mark cried to go back in this moment,” Martinez says, speaking to the Markez office in Mottegi before the spaniard was re -crowned.
In the most dark moments, the former motocross rider was always there, even if there is not always interference. “I think in some situations, there is not much that you can say to someone who is suffering. I just stopped from his side, so he could see that I was there,” says Martinez.
He recalls a particularly rigorous episode after returning from Lombok in 2022, where Marx did not run due to an accident that ruled his dual vision.
“He told me that he could not take it anymore, that he wanted to leave. I just tried to calm him, asked him not to decide in the heat of the moment, and to eat us, peacefully, once we reached Madrid.” A phrase has emerged from the episode that echoes in the internal circle of the rider: “Tomorrow is Monday, and the sun will grow again.”
Leave home
The fourth surgery of his arm performed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester in June 2022 allowed him to ride again without rotation, which became an inaccessible physical obstruction.
With cleaning the obstacle, the attention moved to its bike, which created doubts in one of the best people of the game. After a lot of deliberations and consulting his “core group”, Honda after his Motogp debut in 2013 – arrive to an agreement with his family – to join Graceini racingHis only intention was to see if he could once again compete the fastest.
Mark Markez, Graceini Racing, Frankie Karchedi, Gracini Racing Crew Chief
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Martinez says, “We used to joke with Jose (Carian, Head of Alex Marke’s crew) about Mark because we could not understand how he won.
After the final test of the season, those doubts were completely removed, forever remembered for Smile Mark Mark gave Frankie Carchedi, his new Gracini track engineer. “As soon as he climbed on Ducati in the famous Valencia test, he saw something. Just remembering that it gives me Gozbump. By the mid-seasons, he had cleaned his doubts. He was pushed even more after seeing the technical loss of his bike,” Martinez said.
All in red color
“When he makes a mistake, he punishes himself too much.” Once Ducati confirmed that he would form a team with the team Francaco gardenia In 2025 for the official structure in Mugelo, Marx again set its places to fight for the crown.
Some people could have pushed themselves hard, but many people noticed that when he appeared in the February pre-season test in Malaysia, he was lean-the staff estimated that he was lost over three kilos-and focused more than ever.
The excellence demanded from his team matches the standards that it determines for himself. Nevertheless, Martinez explains, “One thing that I do not like about him, and I have told him a thousand times, that is when he makes a mistake, he punishes himself too much. I think he inspires him to do what he does and what he is. But I am looking at it, and I try to convince him that he is not so difficult on himself.”
King’s return
“The best mark shows when the pressure is the most.” Some athletes stagge under pressure, but for markese, there is almost no margin for error, it turns out to be the best. This year, he has dominated the point of reducing the title at the beginning of the five rounds. Martinez concluded, “The pressure is one that pushes him to reach his best, to focus and motivate himself more. In the race where he is the most challenged, he has done the best. When I know I know everything will be alright,” Martinez has a conclusion.
