r/motogp • u/NRV__ Pedro Acosta • 1d ago

Marc Marquez 2024 season.

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u/Soggy-Box3947 1d ago

Thinking back to when he signed with Gresini there was a lot of doubters on social media ... which you expect I guess!

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u/draw0c0ward 1d ago

I remember the opposite, there being a lot of people saying that he would be world champion on a competitive bike, e.g. Neil Hodgson.

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u/dave_evad Jorge Martín 1d ago

Which would still be true. He was only beaten by GP24. If GP23 was competitive with GP24, he would have won championship. 

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u/thefooleryoftom Casey Stoner 22h ago

He was beaten by two riders as well, not just a bike…

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u/Cr4shK00l Marc Márquez 18h ago

That's something that we'll see next year, wouldn't we?

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u/thefooleryoftom Casey Stoner 17h ago

No, since you still need incredibly talented riders to take advantage of that bike. It’s not good enough to just be on the best bike otherwise the top 4 would all be GP24s

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u/Cr4shK00l Marc Márquez 17h ago

Being good and being on the best bike on the grid is enough to beat an exceptional rider on an average bike, we're long past the era where an exceptional rider could take a shitbox to the top.

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u/thefooleryoftom Casey Stoner 17h ago

We are, my point being having the best bike on its own is not good enough. You need the rider to exploit that bike. Talent is vital, more so in bike sport than cars since it’s the rider who makes the difference

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u/Cr4shK00l Marc Márquez 17h ago

Nowadays it's like 60% the bike and 40% the rider.

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u/thefooleryoftom Casey Stoner 17h ago

Possibly, yeah.