This is the subject of this winter break, with enough to hold a Christmas Eve like a New Year's Eve and we owe it to Marc Marquez with his transition from the reluctant official Honda to the formidable Ducati. Even under the private Gresini flag, the Desmosedici remains the bike of the moment and there will be the eight-time World Champion on it. Two major ingredients to guarantee the dish not only of the day but of the year 2024... But the hardest part remains to be done. Casey Stoner has already said it, and he comes back to it with the conviction that the Spaniard will do very well...
The arrival of Marc Marquez in the clan Ducati does not go unnoticed, to say the least and Casey Stoner, double MotoGP world champion, is not the last of the paddock glories to give his opinion on this unprecedented transfer from the lair Repsol Honda. According to the Australian, it will still not be easy for the one who joins his younger brother Alex to win the Championship, even if he still considers him to be the best driver on the grid.
On this subject, he mentions the specificity that Marco Melandri likes to put forward to announce the inevitable failure which is the one that all Marc Marquez that he is, he will still evolve in a satellite team, a status that we have never seen crowned with a world title in the premier category of Grands Prix. But Casey Stoner underlines how different things are from the past and that winning with a private motorcycle, even one from the previous year, is possible.
Casey Stoner: “ we need to regain the confidence of Marc Marquez and hope that injuries and everything else are a thing of the past »
In comments relayed by motograndprix, Casey Stoner explain : " I don't think it's that easy to win again. With the Ducati he will probably have a slightly better bike than the one he was riding, but he knew the Honda very well. Now that he will have a Ducati we will see if he will be able to adapt to that, because we see that many Ducati riders are still capable of losing their minds. You know, the Ducati is not a bulletproof motorcycle in this domain. We'll have to wait and see how Marc does ».
« Just riding a Ducati isn't enough to win the championship, but I still think Marc is probably the best rider on the grid » adds the one who was titled with Ducati et Honda. " We need to get Marc's confidence back and hope that the injuries and everything else are in the past and he can concentrate and give us good times. But I don't think there's any problem winning that way, especially today, where there is much less difference between official motorcycles and satellites ».
He ends by mentioning the case of the team Gresini : " everything they bring to the bike is not always an improvement and is not suitable for everyone. Just work with what you have and make the most of it. Most of the time it's easier, because last year's bike is already known, it works very well, everyone knows the settings, everyone knows what to do if these new bikes and new parts arrive. There is a lot to understand. So I think there is no reason why this Gresini team cannot be competitive in a championship with a satellite bike ».
