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Mark is the only one using elbow protection.



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Must be he gets extra good rubber...
 
Mental Anarchist said:
Hw may need to start wearing a mouth guard and hiring body guards whilst in the pits the way he is going.
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Haven't seen any M[sup]3[/sup] (MotoMarkyMarquez) action this weekend. What did he do? Piss off half the field .... AGAIN?!



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OH! Found this....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK5ctaWTSrI[/media]
 
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There was much talk also of Moto2 at Motegi on Saturday, though not so much of qualifying - as thrilling as it was, with Pol Espargaro taking another pole at a track where the Kalexes are looking very good indeed - as of free practice in the morning. That session saw a collision between Marc Marquez and Mika Kallio, which Race Direction later characterized as a 'racing incident' and decided to let pass unpunished.

Marquez ran wide into turn 7, allowing Kallio to pass him underneath. Marquez decided not to cede the position, and put on a burst of speed to try to dive back underneath Kallio into the S Curve which follows almost immediately. He failed, and hit Kallio just about amidships, taking the Marc VDS Racing rider out and destroying his bike.

The Marc VDS team were livid, unsurprisingly, team boss Michael Bartholemy calling the move "suicidal". The force of the impact bent the swingarm on Kallio's bike - an impressive feat, if a rather unseemly way of achieving it - and left the Finn struggling during qualifying with a hastily rebuilt bike with clutch problems.

For Marquez not to be sanctioned seems frankly bizarre. To characterize the move by Marquez on Kallio as a racing incident may have some merit if it had actually taken place during a race. Then, such a move might be regarded as Marquez trying to defend his position. But it was free practice, and there was nothing at stake except set up time, and perhaps a tiny amount of pride. The move was borderline dangerous, but what made it worse was it was totally unnecessary.

Marquez has form. This is the third time he has been called in to explain himself to Race Direction this year, after clashes with Tom Luthi at Qatar and Pol Espargaro in Barcelona. Those moves at least had the benefit of being made during the race while dicing for victory. This move was made during a totally meaningless free practice session.

It will be interesting to see what happens when Marquez ascends to the MotoGP class next year. In Moto2, he is clearly the golden boy of the series, with the power of Repsol behind him. But next year he will be sharing a garage with a man who is a serious title contender, and any mishaps due to excessive exuberance which Race Direction let go unpunished will see HRC figures step in very firmly. Marquez will also face a much more hostile crowd in his fellow riders, with Jorge Lorenzo already having elected to speak up previously against dangerous riding. Hard words will fall on Marquez if he continues in his current vein.

But really, this is an issue for Race Direction to deal with, especially in Moto2 and Moto3. The purpose of the entry classes is to prepare young riders for MotoGP, and that means getting them into line quickly and helping them to understand exactly what will and what will not be tolerated. Examples should be set in Moto3 and Moto2, not in MotoGP, as appears to be happening at the moment.

The problem Race Direction faces is that they can be overruled, as happened at Barcelona. There, their initial punishment meted out to Marquez was annulled by the FIM stewards, after an appeal by Marquez' team. That should not be a concern: Mike Webb and his team should rule as they see appropriate, without worrying about what the FIM stewards will do once the teams appeal - which they will do. A punishment for Marquez would have sent a message, not just to the Spaniard but to every rider in Moto2 and Moto3. Given Marquez' previous history, he needs to be made to understand that message sooner, rather than later.
 
He has a Simoncelli-ish air about his riding.



He's always going to be great to watch. As much as I bemoan the Spanish mafia Marquez will keep me watching. I think the tougher field in motogp will sort him out though. Just like going from primary school to high school, from the biggest to the smallest fish.



If someone pulls him aside now he is no more likely to listen than he is grow a leg from his forehead.
 
Probably understands the situation the kid is in. Being constantly criticized by skeptical internet naysayers and not giving credit to talent!
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agreed, if marquez really had a special engine it would be easy to prove hes cheating.

what he does have is probably the best bike on the grid. no other rider has a lead role for development.sure the kalex seems like a good bike.but marquez is to suter what rossi is to ducati. make that thing suit him!



what i will never like is how little respect he has for other riders on the track. i hope this changes soon because i'm starting to seriously dislike him as he's running everybody off at any given chance.

no comparisons to early lorenzo-current rea please. marquez is in his own league when it comes to ....... with other riders lives
 
cliché guevara said:
agreed, if marquez really had a special engine it would be easy to prove hes cheating.

what he does have is probably the best bike on the grid. no other rider has a lead role for development.sure the kalex seems like a good bike.but marquez is to suter what rossi is to ducati. make that thing suit him!



what i will never like is how little respect he has for other riders on the track. i hope this changes soon because i'm starting to seriously dislike him as he's running everybody off at any given chance.

no comparisons to early lorenzo-current rea please. marquez is in his own league when it comes to ....... with other riders lives
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Well said Bro!
 
well maybe he reads this forum (and is actually this baturro guy
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) and gets his act together.

i'd truly love to cheer his talent, but i can't overlook his behaviour at the moment and the immediate future
 
cliché guevara said:
well maybe he reads this forum (and is actually this baturro guy
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) and gets his act together.

i'd truly love to cheer his talent, but i can't overlook his behaviour at the moment and the immediate future
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I agree! I admire his talent lots,

But cannot look past his less than recklessness of times gone by!

If he could just calm down Not slow down! and be more aware of others around him.

Then!He's going to be a WC some day in motogp!
 
I don't think even his biggest supporters can defend his questionable moves when they don't even matter (not in race situation).



He has a long way to go in terms of maturing as a rider and unfortunately for the riders in MotoGP they will have to be there for that experience. I would like to think that keeping him in the lower classes to mature would help him refine his aggression, but I doubt that would be useful since it seems to be the way he is wired. But we can all hope the light bulb does click in his head.



I just don't want something unfortunate to happen to him/other riders because of some boneheaded thing he did.
 
hate to say it, but it will probably take a crash (and i'm not talking an easy front end slide out) to wake him up.

lets hope no one gets hurt until then
 
cliché guevara said:
agreed, if marquez really had a special engine it would be easy to prove hes cheating.

what he does have is probably the best bike on the grid. no other rider has a lead role for development.sure the kalex seems like a good bike.but marquez is to suter what rossi is to ducati. make that thing suit him!



what i will never like is how little respect he has for other riders on the track. i hope this changes soon because i'm starting to seriously dislike him as he's running everybody off at any given chance.

no comparisons to early lorenzo-current rea please. marquez is in his own league when it comes to ....... with other riders lives
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