How will Marc Marquez do in 2024?

Faz said:

One of the reasons I admire MM is the fact that he smiles! He smiles when he wins and smiles when he loses. He even smiles through adversity, evidenced when he came back from a career threatening horrific arm injury but he always remained positive and smiling when the cameras were on him. He‘s been getting unjustified in my opinion stick from certain people for grabbing a tow in qualifying but to me that just shows his amazing mentality and complete lack of ego. Some riders wouldn’t deign to look for a tow but MM, an 8 time world champion, is quite willing to seek a lawful advantage if he feels it can help him improve his position. He alluded to the fact that he’s prepared to go back to basics in the interview on his move to Gresini and this is just going back to his roots and doing what he learned in the junior classes?
i believe he’s just made the hardest decision of his career to leave Honda but I’m confident we will have to call him by an old name next year….ALIEN.

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#22 said:

Talking of Jorge. 2019 was beautiful for a moment.

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#22 said:

EXACTLY

There is a video on YouTube of Marc and his crew tricking Iannone into leaving the pits in Phillip Island 2017. Marc was THE rider everyone got a tow from pre 2020 and I never heard any complaints, not even from Marc.

Suddenly now because Marc is doing it. It is a problem.

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JFM01 said:

I never bothered to respond to any of Birdbirds "posts" (and I'm questioning why so many of you are) but I think the 2021-23 seasons were the ones where Marc's otherworldly talent was most obvious. It's unbelievable what he can get out of that Honda. It's incredible how unstable that bike is under braking compared to every other bike on the grid.

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michaelm said:

Jorge:Lorenzo's crew had a quite amusing sign they showed to him when riders (mainly Bautista iirc) were seeking a tow, but I don't recall Jorge himself complaining overly, or much fuss being made about riders getting a tow from him.

Stoner om the other hand complained vociferously, and was pilloried for doing so, I strongly suspect by much the same people now criticising MM. I am an admitted Stoner tragic/fanboy,, but did consider he had some basis for complaint when he was riding for Ducati, as Valentino and JB said his method of getting the thing through corners basically involved nearly crashing it in every corner, so perhaps understandable he didn't wany anyone too close in corners in practice when he was exploring the limits of nearly crashing, although he wasn't particularly averse to complaint in general of course...

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Birdbird said:

2022 and 2023 is the moment Marc Marquez's myth of God like talents had been badly exposed.
It proved that he can only win on a dominant Hondas..
Without it, he started crashing like a maniac, and injuring all other fellow riders, nothing but a nuisance.

The first moment of Marc Marquez God Like Talent myth being exposed was in Jerez 2020 when he crashed badly and injured himself badly, he wouldn't have crashed in Jerez 2020 if he really has God like Talents

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#22 said:

I forgot about that!!!!
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michaelm said:

Jorge:Lorenzo's crew had a quite amusing sign they showed to him when riders (mainly Bautista iirc) were seeking a tow, but I don't recall Jorge himself complaining overly, or much fuss being made about riders getting a tow from him.

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michaelm said:

Actually his god-like talent was particularly on display at Jerez that day, given it had enabled him to get to second in that race from the back of the grid. His desire to prove something to FQ when he had no prospect of beating him/improving his position which is what led to the crash is the other sign of the coin with MM, but also what made him impervious to Rossi’s “mind games”/off track manipulations and all the efforts of the Valeban, just as he would find your posts laughable and motivating if he by some chance encountered them. The actual injury btw was a freak occurrence because of his bike contacting his arm, but sure if you crash as much as he does, historically mostly while defining the edges of the performance of his bike in practice, then the chances of freak injury are obviously increased.

Also btw he just beat a number of the young riders on Ducatis you proclaimed as a fact were going to show him up next season, on that terrible Honda on which another former world champion could finish no better than 11th, and without injuring anyone.

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JPSLotus said:

I suspect Marc will get on quite well with the Ducati, in particular the front end which appears to be far more stable than the Honda front end.

I'm picking him to win the title next season. Wouldn't be shocked to see him win the season opener in Qatar.

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RossiSucchia said:

Marquez is back baby - and with the supercheat team Ducati/Dorna, he can't failt to win!!!

Viva Marquez!

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michaelm said:

Jorge:Lorenzo's crew had a quite amusing sign they showed to him when riders (mainly Bautista iirc) were seeking a tow, but I don't recall Jorge himself complaining overly, or much fuss being made about riders getting a tow from him.

Stoner om the other hand complained vociferously, and was pilloried for doing so, I strongly suspect by much the same people now criticising MM. I am an admitted Stoner tragic/fanboy,, but did consider he had some basis for complaint when he was riding for Ducati, as Valentino and JB said his method of getting the thing through corners basically involved nearly crashing it in every corner, so perhaps understandable he didn't wany anyone too close in corners in practice when he was exploring the limits of nearly crashing, although he wasn't particularly averse to complaint in general of course...

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