When we look at history, we can't help but wonder where Marc Marquez would be if, at the end of the 2012 season, Casey Stoner had not freed up his place at Repsol Honda against all odds. The Australian was then a double world champion at the top of his form and feared by Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, who were the other driving forces of MotoGP at the time. Honda tried to retain Stoner by making a golden bridge for him, but Casey was a purist, rejecting the behind the scenes of competition, i.e. political decisions, interviews, electronics... So many factors which saw their sphere of influence grow, reassuring Stoner in his very anticipated retirement choice...
Looking at a Marc Marquez – to whom he had opened the doors of the team wide Repsol Honda by retiring – completely question yourself by choosing the destiny of a private pilot for a Ducati at Gresini, Casey Stoner remembered that he too had to make a big decision that sealed the destiny of a career as well as a life. And that, to get there, it was necessary to add up a set of factors so determining that they are impervious to any influence other than that of the inner voice, coming from the depths of the heart.
In comments made on TNT Sports and relayed by crash.net, the Australian explains: “ If you don't enjoy it, why are you risking everything? If Marc Marquez likes to run, he still won't want to risk everything for nothing. It's important for him to rediscover this pleasure. Find a reason to get up in the morning, work out, go through those injuries. People see it from the outside. But it's very difficult when everything is against you, your body doesn't want to do things, but you force it. That's expensive ».
Casey Stoner: “ when these motorcycles became too electronic, too controlled, the fun disappeared »
The eight-time world champion suffered three years of injuries, putting his career even more in the spotlight as it depended on a Honda far from the mark. And he is now 30 years old. Casey Stoner, he decided to throw in the towel 27 years … " If you want to risk everything, you have to do it for a reason » he assures. “ Some people do it for money. Or for some reason they do, for a result ».
« For me, I loved riding motorcycles. Running was one of them. I was able to run, it was fantastic. What I loved most was riding motorcycles, I loved getting everything I could out of a motorcycle. I was very self-critical ". And then the times changed… “ When these motorcycles became too electronic, too controlled, the fun disappeared. And then the series became political he concludes.
