With Wednesday's announcement confirming the Spaniard's departure at the end of this season, Honda now faces the very complicated scenario of having to find a replacement for the most successful rider in its history.
If we take into account that pretending to win with the change is an impossible mission, the reality is that it doesn't matter if who arrives is Johann Zarco, Iker Lecuona, Pedro Acosta or the best version of Mick Doohan.
If anything has been made clear by Marquez before deciding to leave his "comfort zone", as he himself defined just a few days ago to his lifelong brand, is that the main problem to be solved by HRC is not the human variable of the equation.
Especially this season, in which, for the first time in three years, he has managed to return to riding without any physical limitations.
His departure from Honda, the biggest force in the world championship, with which he has won his six MotoGP titles and in which he leaves his "family", as he considers the human group led by crew chief Santi Hernandez, is both a gesture of courage and surrender.
Source: Autosport