Can you explain to me....

JKant said:

I'm guessing this has been discussed before but anyway -

When a rider comes into before/after/during testing he usually sits down with his race engineer, sometimes accompanied by a technician. Its the same situation across both factory and satellite teams.

But when Marquez comes into the pits, he's usually surrounded by a horde of Honda's people (and the Michelin rep) listening and taking notes, while the cameramen are force to stand on tiptoes to get a half decent shot.

I'd suspect that Honda had a unique communitarian mgmt philosophy if not for the fact that when Pedrosa pits he's usually only attended to by Ramon Aurin and maybe one or two technicians.

So... what gives? Why does Marquez's audience consist of a bus-full of people while everyone gets by with a scooter's worth?

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shovelhead said:

Because Marquez has his crew and Honda double checks everything .
You should see in the evening,
Marquez crew leaves and Honda crew goes thru everything.
The reason Marquez is still alive today is because the Honda crew.

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JKant said:

I doubt they're safety briefings in the middle of testing. In any event, question is why just him? Even if its a safety issue, I'd imagine the other factory teams would be at least as safety conscious.

Also, why not the other Repsol rider - Pedrosa? Poor Dani's body is held together with just duct tape, staples and the power of prayer at this point.

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JKant said:

Well seeing as this is a query thread, may as well ask a few of my own -

The riders often peel off their visor guards in the pit-lane and sometimes on the starting grid and just toss them away. Is it possible for peel-offs to be an issue for the bikes on the grid. Perhaps with the tires.. sticking, slipping or whatever. I've never seen such a thing but ... it is plastic right? Running over it can't be much better than running over oil.

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