Would you like to take a little Suppo for the road? The one who revealed to us behind the scenes of the stormy final of 2015 between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez and the same one who swore to us that, from 2011, the latter was promised to replace Casey Stoner as teammate at Repsol Honda. today to a comparison between the two champions he worked alongside when he was in office at HRC. Talents, certainly, but presented in surprisingly different ways... Who has the advantage over the other in terms of method? Here is the answer…
Casey Stoner et Marc Márquez are far from being unknown to the now retired from the paddock Livio Suppo, Racing Consultant. Because when he was in charge, first at Ducati, then at Honda, in MotoGP, he saw them working from as close as possible. Enough to form a solid opinion. Two talented drivers with very different behaviors. He explains, speaking to Sky Sports MotoGP: “ Character-wise Marc and Casey are opposites. The first is always positive, always happy, he always manages to see the glass half full. Casey has a more difficult character, it is easier for him to get angry and therefore if something goes wrong he increases the negativity. »
« Marc on the other hand manages to transform things that go wrong in a positive way, in my opinion this is Marc's biggest advantage, who has won 6 of the last 7 world championships. He always manages to make the most of and, above all, easily overcome difficult times, or rather he succeeds. If he does it easily, only he knows… In any case, he always transmits positivity and this in a sport where the drivers' heads are so important is fundamental. »
This would therefore be the advantage of the Spaniard over the raw talent of the Australian. A positivity that the current eight-time World Champion will shine in the Honda box until 2024… “ Marc is still very young and it is difficult to think about when he will regress. It's no coincidence that Honda armored it for another 4 years, I think they did well. » Even at a high price, Marc Márquez is an investment…
