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I read the OP as rider moves in the MotoGP era that creates waves. That would make the moves by the biggest talents sit at the top.
So moves by Marquez, Stoner, Rossi, Lorenzo. The other moves are ripples to their waves.
Marquez and Stoner, being the two best, and only moving twice (so far) has therefore got to be the biggest.
Interestingly both riders have the same teams involved - HRC and Ducati Corse.
Rightly so, they are the bikes that have been the best in the MotoGP era, with each having a slice of that timespan.
I personally would call Stoner's Ducati switch and the following championship the biggest wave.
It cemented his personal status, and made the European brands believe that they could end the Japanese dominance.
It spurred Borgo Panigale's search for the holy grail that Stones showed them existed.
The reason behind Dall'Igna joining them, and with him the aero wars begun and it changed the whole championship in a fundemental fashion.
The second biggest, in my mind, was how HRC nicked Marquez. That move was the start of their beautiful era, dominanting like never before.
And it led them into a cul-de-sac that destroyed their image as the leading racing motorcycle brand.
It would be difficult to take someone seriously if they at the end of 2019 would predict that HRC would be outperformed by every other team for more than half a decade.
That they would effectively end the career of another world champion, force their biggest star rider to leave them, and fall so far behind on development that even when they can test without restrictions, they would need to use second tier riders. Plus having a Japanese rider joining an American start up team, rather then Honda...
So moves by Marquez, Stoner, Rossi, Lorenzo. The other moves are ripples to their waves.
Marquez and Stoner, being the two best, and only moving twice (so far) has therefore got to be the biggest.
Interestingly both riders have the same teams involved - HRC and Ducati Corse.
Rightly so, they are the bikes that have been the best in the MotoGP era, with each having a slice of that timespan.
I personally would call Stoner's Ducati switch and the following championship the biggest wave.
It cemented his personal status, and made the European brands believe that they could end the Japanese dominance.
It spurred Borgo Panigale's search for the holy grail that Stones showed them existed.
The reason behind Dall'Igna joining them, and with him the aero wars begun and it changed the whole championship in a fundemental fashion.
The second biggest, in my mind, was how HRC nicked Marquez. That move was the start of their beautiful era, dominanting like never before.
And it led them into a cul-de-sac that destroyed their image as the leading racing motorcycle brand.
It would be difficult to take someone seriously if they at the end of 2019 would predict that HRC would be outperformed by every other team for more than half a decade.
That they would effectively end the career of another world champion, force their biggest star rider to leave them, and fall so far behind on development that even when they can test without restrictions, they would need to use second tier riders. Plus having a Japanese rider joining an American start up team, rather then Honda...