Marquez’s World Championships
During his long career in MotoGP, Marc Marquez has collected a total of seven world titles (in addition to two others in Moto3 and Moto2), with the Spaniard managing to assert himself even after injuries that forced him to stop. No one has ever questioned the talent of the Ducati rider, starting with another multiple world champion like Casey Stoner, who won the title in 2007 with the Borgo Panigale manufacturer.
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A Weak Point Remains, but…
However, in an interview given to crash.net, the Australian was surprised by how Marquez’s rivals never managed not only to identify a weak point of his, but also to exploit it to get the better of him: “There are no doubts about his talent, nor about his speed – he declared – if someone had them, they would probably have a problem. Marc had a big weak point in the past, which I believe no one noticed and which I won’t talk about yet. But it was surprising that no one managed to exploit it, I suppose because everyone saw him as the ‘final boss’ and, instead of understanding what they needed to do, what they needed to improve about themselves, or perhaps how to fight against Marc, they simply saw him as an incredibly difficult rival.”
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Strengths
The image of superiority emanating from the nine-time world champion, according to Stoner, is such that it has even pushed his opponents to surrender prematurely: “I believe many riders have fallen into the same trap. Currently, there are many fast riders, but I don’t think many of them are making the most of their riding abilities. This is where Marc beats them. My MotoGP career lasted as long as the interval between Marc’s last two titles. But what he did in those difficult years was reach a higher level of strength, intelligence, and patience. This is what is missing from all those who compete against him”. Mental qualities that are added to other great on-track abilities, as reiterated by the former Australian rider: “No one seems to understand what he does during races to preserve the tires – he concluded – they only see Marc’s speed and how he plays a different card every week. But no one has truly understood his tire management. Everyone else relies exclusively on electronics. So, when the bike starts to slide, the electronics intervene more. Marc, on the other hand, limits the intervention of electronics and preserves the tires as much as possible. This allows the tires to last much longer and his grip is much greater because he manages to be much more delicate with the tires at the start.”
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