He never hid his data to the other Honda riders. It's just like Crutchlow once said: yes, you can look at Marc's data and understand what he's doing, but no other rider can reproduce it.
Depends how competitive the bike is, if he is in with a chance for the title he will likely ride circumspectly in an attempt to win the title as he won a previous title when he rode a whole season with a shoulder injury and was relentlessly consistent.
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Absolutely not defending Marc, because his repuation was somewhat deserved in a number of cases. However, for the Rathapark incident, I seem to recall reading somewhere that his team sent him out and they didn't tell him the session was over or something, so he was caught unawares.
The incident can’t be defended intrinsically in any way, shape or form, was the reason Jumkie dubbed him Murder Marc, and why many including me had misgivings about him early in his career, which may still continue for Bern 1.
To be fair, it should be pointed out that Jum also had endless hate for Dani because of the 2006 incident, which was just one brief moment in a long career. Jum was not the most forgiving person. And of course, the whole PowerSlide tribe, myself included, jumped on the hate Dani wagon. Marquez was young and reckless but who the .... wasn't reckless at that age? He who is with sin . . . . What happened to Willairot was tragic, but .... me, people need to move on already. He was a kid. I wouldn't trust the average 18 yr old to drive my car around the block.
I think saying it ended Willairots career is a bit of a stretch though. He raced in Moto2 for 5 more seasons, along with 2 in world supersport. His results before and after the crash didn't change considerably either.
He seems to have been very patient and methodical about learning to ride the Duc. I think he will be in the top 5 all season. By midpoint he will be very hard to beat. Although the 24 bike is the dark horse. The 24 is good but can it make up the difference between Marcs talent and theirs? I say not on a regular bases.
That's kind of my feeling about the GP24, while it should, I'm not sure it's going to make up the difference. Marc already has plenty of experience winning without the number 1 bike. I did read an article where he seems to have figured out how to start sliding the Ducati front end which seems to fly in the face of the conventional standard of how the bike is supposed to be ridden. I don't think any of the GP24 riders are on his level talent wise.
He has been outriding honda riders by miles with aero and ride height. These things aren't new to him. Having a bike that isn't dog .... is.
