MotoGP Marc Marquez: “I don’t like the direction the bikes are going, but you have to adapt, otherwise you die”

Marc Marquez therefore joined forces, like his employer Honda, with Ducati to develop the RC213V and he made it known that it was not with joy of heart. While fins were growing on his machine, he presented himself as the guardian of an idea of ​​MotoGP, forged according to a long Japanese tradition that is entirely opposed to the viscerally iconoclastic culture developed by Italy. This posture, her natural talent, her courage and her titles necessarily legitimize her. He nevertheless called on a Casey Stoner to support his thesis of a lost world where the pilot dominated the machine. Having a legend at your side gives strength, even if, in the history of the respective careers, the Spaniard has not always welcomed the Australian with such open arms. But all the arguments deserve to be taken into consideration, and all the more so since everything that has been done to get this far has been made possible under the governance of men, translated by respected regulations.

Marc Marquez worked this Friday at Phillip Island for the future, and this future does not please him. Her Honda took on the air of Ducati in Australia and this not only upset him, but also an illustrious Australian whom he cites to support his demonstration. And it is about Casey Stoner : " he hates seeing motorcycles from the outside because you can already see that the motorcycle I went out with today, with the fenders, is uglier than the other one ».

However, we are not in a beauty contest, so we still have to elaborate a little: “ but it’s effective and if it’s effective then it’s going well. Yes, it's true that the direction in which it's going, I don't like that either. And that will be the direction it's going to go for the next few years, because that's how Dorna and the manufacturers signed it. I don't like it because you depend more and more on the bike ».

Marc Marquez: “ I don't like this direction, because everything seems to depend more and more on the bike, more than on the rider »

The pilot of 29 years is of the opinion that “ the more accessories we put on a motorcycle, with aerodynamics, electronics, the more we depend on the motorcycle and it is more difficult to hide driver flaws and the rider-motorcycle relationship. But it's the direction and you have to adapt to the environment, if you don't adapt to the environment, you die ».

Casey Stoner being of his opinion on an essential question also for his employer, he pays tribute to him, in 2022, on his contribution to his riding technique developed when he arrived in MotoGP in 2013. Better late than never: “ when I started in MotoGP, I had information on how Casey rode, and I copied his style, and this type of cornering is also my strong point, but now with these bikes you have to ride differently “, said the man from Cervera.

« With this aerodynamics, even when I put the rear wings on, I felt different… I talked to Casey about it, you have to drive differently. New aerodynamics make the bike less physically demanding » he adds before insisting again: “ I don't like this direction, because everything seems to depend more and more on the bike, more than on the rider ". The message is clear and it has gotten through. We are now waiting Marc Marquez come and recharge your batteries at Sunday Ride Classic.

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