This is a question that arose when taking stock of Marc Marquez's disheveled race last Sunday in Jerez. What if, from the side of the track, the Repsol Honda team had tried to regain control of the situation, by telling its champion on the podium that he had done enough in his fantastic comeback? Would the fate of the race have been changed, and perhaps even the course of this championship? For the one who was at the helm of this team for a time, in this case Livio Suppo, wanting to put the reins on Marc Marquez's neck when he is in such a state of trance is a wasted effort...
Livio Suppo, Racing Consultant followed like all enthusiasts this Spanish Grand Prix which launched the MotoGP season on Sunday. A hot race, in every sense of the word, swept by the wind of madness Marc Marquez who swirled around his opponents to regain the ascendant current at the head of the race. But the bellows fell a few laps from the finish, while he had a place on the podium assured.
“A state of trance”
Which means big points and a situation that was initially desperate has been superbly restored. Did the team get carried away by the enthusiasm of the crazy comeback to the point of losing their minds and forgetting to give firm instructions to their champion to calm him down? Because the result is there: here it is now seriously injured, and forfeit for at least one Grand Prix, after the blank result of this first game. His high-level opponents didn't ask for that much...
The Italian, now converted to the manufacture and sale of electric bikes, does not disagree, but assures that bringing Marc Marquez back to his senses, when he is in such a state, is a mission fatally doomed to failure... “ I don't think showing the pit sign to Marc at this point would have had any effect " to analyse suppo on GP One. " I don't think he would have even seen it. Stop Marquez in a comeback? Impossible when he is in such a trance state. I think I would have done the same if I had been in Alberto Puig's place ».
