M Marquez off for the rest of the season

I was expecting he'd be back over a year ago, but there's no return now. Getting first in Germany last year was impressive, but I am writing him off for good now. I appreciate what he's done for the sport of riding, but I am looking forward to the mexicans at Circuit of the Americas not having a Spaniard to come to the race and get drunk for. Ciao!

It's a big call to write off one as determined, motivated and successful as Marquez.
I am not doing so until he does.

I hope to see him back at the front some time next year as I have enjoyed watching him race more than any other in the almost 40 years I've been watching. [emoji41]

Here's a pic of the scar on his arm from social media.

Cutter said:

I was expecting he'd be back over a year ago, but there's no return now. Getting first in Germany last year was impressive, but I am writing him off for good now. I appreciate what he's done for the sport of riding, but I am looking forward to the mexicans at Circuit of the Americas not having a Spaniard to come to the race and get drunk for. Ciao!

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So, Hamilton is ruining F1 and drunken Mexicans being dispirited at having no champion to root for makes your day. Seeing a pattern here?

Little Walter said:

So, Hamilton is ruining F1 and drunken Mexicans being dispirited at having no champion to root for makes your day. Seeing a pattern here?

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To be fair, Hamilton is a .... and has been since he was a kid when I used to race against him.

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To be fair, Hamilton is a .... and has been since he was a kid when I used to race against him.

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F1 is a sport that breeds primadonnas. I don't really follow it much so would be curious to know how Hamilton, more than his fellow competitors is hurting the sport. Doohan was a ...., so was Mladin, but it can't be said their personalities were in any way detrimental to the sport as a whole.

Yeah the world is full of dicks.
F1 is incomprehensible to me and will remain so. I can’t be bothered to learn these intricate rules involving passing and using DRS, whatever that is.
I’m quite happy to just wait and see if Marquez can make it back in good shape. More power to him if he can.
That’s the thing in motorsports: “The results speak for themselves.” (Ayrton Senna)

Keshav said:

F1 is a sport that breeds primadonnas.

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I don't disagree, but arguably most top line professional sports do.

I don't really follow it much so would be curious to know how Hamilton, more than his fellow competitors is hurting the sport. Doohan was a ...., so was Mladin, but it can't be said their personalities were in any way detrimental to the sport as a whole.

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I know Little Walter brought it up, but my comment was not inferring Hamilton was ruining the sport. For me Michael Schumacher did that.

However, Hamilton is a polarising figure. He has his die hard fans and his die hard haters. Sadly if you are even slightly moderate, you are deemed a hater from his fans.
For me, it's his continual attempts and trying to make out he is hard done by. I can assure you his narrative of his dad working 3 jobs to scrape by and he reached the top against all odds couldn't be further from the truth. It was well known in karting circles in the 90's how much money was being spent on him. For example to win the British Super 1 championship in Cadet which he did in 1995 (and I believe 1996, can't remember), that series cost about £50,000 to be competitive in. As a comparison, the median household income in the UK at that time was £19,000.

He also uses racism as a weapon. Anytime he did or does something wrong and is rightfully penalised for it, he blames racism. I'm not saying he's never been the victim of it, but certainly NOT from racing officials who are simply penalising him based on something he's done wrong.

Bern1 said:

Yeah the world is full of dicks.
F1 is incomprehensible to me and will remain so. I can’t be bothered to learn these intricate rules involving passing and using DRS, whatever that is.
I’m quite happy to just wait and see if Marquez can make it back in good shape. More power to him if he can.
That’s the thing in motorsports: “The results speak for themselves.” (Ayrton Senna)

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Totally agree.

Fanboyism is part of herd instinct. Success creates followers, these followers do not know why they are idolizing this particular individual. It is similar to brainwash, it happens without acknowledging. People with higher IQ are less likely to be affected, they are able to be critical and usually have more control over their emotions.

I think it's pretty inevitable, almost, that any very dominant sports figure will have polarising followers, especially in team sports like F1 or MotoGP where it's not only about the rider but also, about the team around him, how he gets on with his teammates etc. There's fertile ground for narrative creation by fans. It takes a lot of dominance to win over 100 GP, take more than 100 Pole positions and win 7 titles. Fans will love it while those that aren't will all too often hate it.

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I'd be curious to know what therapies they might use to keep away infection and to hasten healing. I'm scheduling for spinal fusion and a shoulder re-build in the fall after riding season is over. There are so often post surgery therapies that only get offered to sports figures and the very wealthy, that never get mentioned to the average Joe.

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Vitamin D plays a big role in immune function, and is linked to spinal surgery recovery. Searching for 'vitamin d spinal fusion recovery' gets quite a few hits, and if you have an hour to kill, is an overkill lecture that explains some of the effects on immune function.

FWLIW, I think a daily dose of ~1,000 IU D3 per day for ever 25 pounds of body weight is a reasonable place to start. I started taking coincidentally this much at the beginning of 2020 because I didn't want to die from the bug. Surprisingly, it did wonderful things for my OA hip, a long-ago-injured ankle, and my aching back. Forget food sources - that dairy serving has maybe 50iu in it. Unless you eat salmon and seal blubber every day, you really can't get enough in your diet. And casual sun exposure in NYC isn't going to do a hell of a lot either. (People are 'supposed' to be running around in the sun, making thousands of IU every day.) VD increases your intestines' ability to extract calcium from your food, so there is probably no need for CA supplements when taking largish doses of D3.

Good luck!

Green light given to up training on a motorcycle! Marquez given green light to return to riding bikes again - The Race

Geo Nerd said:

Vitamin D plays a big role in immune function, and is linked to spinal surgery recovery. Searching for 'vitamin d spinal fusion recovery' gets quite a few hits, and if you have an hour to kill, is an overkill lecture that explains some of the effects on immune function.

FWLIW, I think a daily dose of ~1,000 IU D3 per day for ever 25 pounds of body weight is a reasonable place to start. I started taking coincidentally this much at the beginning of 2020 because I didn't want to die from the bug. Surprisingly, it did wonderful things for my OA hip, a long-ago-injured ankle, and my aching back. Forget food sources - that dairy serving has maybe 50iu in it. Unless you eat salmon and seal blubber every day, you really can't get enough in your diet. And casual sun exposure in NYC isn't going to do a hell of a lot either. (People are 'supposed' to be running around in the sun, making thousands of IU every day.) VD increases your intestines' ability to extract calcium from your food, so there is probably no need for CA supplements when taking largish doses of D3.

Good luck!

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I’m down with the supplement. Noticed a marked improvement in my stamina when running on the treadmill. VD tho? I’ve been lucky to avoid that thus far.