It's an opinion that could fuel New Year's Eve discussions and it answers a question: between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, who is better? You have to weigh your arguments because passions are ready to be unleashed at the slightest word. But Oscar Haro steps up to the plate and takes the plunge…
His name is Oscar Haro Tasende, and he is the sporting director of the LCR Honda team in MotoGP. He is a man of conviction. The proof is that he has just taken a position on the question of who is stronger between two Grand Prix monuments: Valentino Rossi et Marc Marquez.
A clash that amounts to the clash of the titans. A question that many people ask themselves. There are those who vote for the Doctor and those for the Spaniard, the discussions are open. What is certain is that both are in the history of the world championship. Their victories speak clearly. The future pilot Petronas Yamaha SRT won nine world titles, while the phenomenon Doghas eight crowns and still has several years of career... When he has finally settled the question of his humerus injury ...
Oscar Haro Tasende, sporting director of the LCR Honda team, in an interview with Espejo Público clearly expressed his preference for Marquez : " Rossi is still considered a benchmark, but Marc's numbers are better than his. Valentino was fighting against one or two riders, because the mechanical difference between the factories was very big and he always had the best bike. He had incredible talent, but he didn't prepare like Marc ».
“Marquez is a beast”
According to Haro, the Cervera phenomenon is superior to the Italian colleague. He sees something unique in him: “ you don't know what Marc is. He's a beast, he's a boy born with a natural gift for motorcycles, he changed the system of the motorcycle, the way of riding. He is also very hungry and we therefore find in him an explosive mix impossible to improve ».
No doubt Marquez is the reference point of MotoGP these last years. He is the driver to beat. No one knows for sure how 2020 would have gone without the injury from the first race at Jerez, but it is easy to imagine that he would have fought for the title and perhaps even won it because he has always shown great consistency. It was precisely the consistency that several of his counterparts lacked during the season... The new World Champion excepted, in this case Joan mir.
