Since Giacomo Agostini spoke about it, with Jorge Lorenzo as a concrete example, the subject of the driver's mentality in his results has been a sensitive theme. Ago incurred the wrath of Por Fuera and, since then, the relationship between the two men has cooled. However, it is this area that Livio Suppo ventured into by comparing two phenomena he encountered during his career in the paddock: Casey Stoner and Marc Márquez. If, in terms of pure talent on the track, the duel would have been interesting to follow, on a psychological level, there would have been no match...
Livio Suppo, Racing Consultant is now a business owner that makes electric-powered mountain bikes. But before that, he held the key position of team manager at Ducati and at Repsol Honda. He therefore worked with two authentic phenomena: Casey Stoner et Marc Márquez.
On the track, in pure performance, the duel that we would not have hoped to experience would have been as exciting as it was uncertain. But the Italian affirms that with wear and tear, in the box, the Spaniard would have gained a psychological advantage over the Australian. To the Gazzetta dello Sport through GP One, he states thus: “ I think Casey would have suffered a lot from Márquez's personality if they had been together. Casey has won 2 world championships, Marc 6 in 7 seasons and that already indicates how complete he is. »
A calmer Stoner would have won two more titles
« His greatest advantage is that he can remain calm even in the most difficult situations. After Phillip Island 2013, with the black flag for a team mistake, everyone would have been furious with the team, but in the evening he had dinner with everyone, went to Valencia and won the title " remember suppo which compares: “ Casey at Laguna Seca, after the duel with Rossi and the subsequent crash, he was furious, then at Brno and Misano he fell. He lost the 2008 title because he wanted to do too much, that was his limit. If he had been more peaceful, he could have won at least two more world championships. »
