A very good rider however removal of the overnight tyre specials removed most of his margin too.
you need to go back 11 years for that
He was a great rider which absolutely can’t be and shouldn’t be disputed, not liking his personality and “mind games” doesn’t change his talent and achievements, just as disliking MM as many do doesn’t change him being an extraordinary rider.
Well if you mean are you a device for moving air, probably not.
There was a poster on here back in the olden days who called Casey the FOAT, fastest of all time, and I am not sure he was too far wrong even now.
nah, Schumi was forced to resign with the power struggle between Jean todt and Luca di Montezemelo. The thing is he ddidnt want Kimi as a team mate either so Luca told him to f$%# off
wonder what Ogura wud have done starting much higher in the grid. Last 3 races, he started from 17th and finished 5,6 and 2nd.
Sure. And whether it is because he wants to stay in Ducati’s good graces or any other reason this season shows he can race clean, even coming from 13th on the grid with a probable if minor bike disadvantage compared with his major Ducati rivals.
As Babelfish was wont to argue the SNS tires were more or less a control tire for the major competitors, although whether they were made for his particular preference is somewhat open to question I guess. Tony Elias rather demonstrated the difference they made though, and Casey Stoner was quite vocal about the quality of the Michelins he was provided with as a non SNS satellite rider for LCR Honda.
Can't speak to what was being said in that regard on other forums, but here, back then, the perception was that the Honda was the best handling bike, by journos and folks in general, and were largely positing that the Ducati had superior power/speed, and at such time as they could make the damn thing turn, the Japanese teams would be in trouble. I think it was only really when none of the other Honda riders were coming anywhere's near Marquez's results (nor were they collecting as many horrendous injuries), that it started to dawn on people just how much Marquez was out-riding the Honda's deficiencies, which weren't being effectively addressed, and becoming more glaringly obvious as the Ducatis gradually got better and better.
2013 and 2014 I'd agree. His team mates couldn't get the speed he did though as consistently and 2013 his debut open class season. After that not so sure. 2017 and on, nup.
2013-14?
Close but what a stupid whinge fest when he clearly lost to a faster team mate. Conspiracy theories and demonstrably false accusations. Still carrying on with his false opinionated mindset even now.
Because the years Marc was on the best bike it was by a .... hair at best. At no point in Marcs career was the Honda as dominate as this ducati. You could argue the yamaha was as good or better during that time. And it was short lived. By the time JLo was at honda the bike was not that good. Still competitive I guess. But if Lorenzo wasn't competitive on it , was it really any good? If you say yes then you must be admitting the yamaha that JLo won on was a better bike than Marc's honda at the time. At no point during Marcs time and honda was the RC finishing 1-4. Something this Ducati does regularly. It wasn't the Honda it was the riders, Marc and Dani. Even the great Stoner struggled on the Honda right before Marc joined. So when was this time when Honda was the best bike on the grid?
I don't know why there is so much people who don't empathize with Pecco. He's sincere about everything and rarely complain about something. He has good sportsmanship.This was pretty refreshingly honest from Pecco.
Francesco Bagnaia on why he lost French MotoGP win: “They were just faster”
Francesco Bagnaia says he couldn’t stop Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez from overtaking him at Le Mans.www.crash.net
Nobody is fastest at every circuit and he was the fastest and won at the last circuit. Good show here tok both the other two had a bit more. Interesting he commented that he was struggling with front feel at the corner Marc got him on. Makes sense as Marc did come from a long way back.
