Pol Espargaro believes his teammate Marc Marquez is still the best rider on the grid, but Casey Stoner wants to see technical modifications to better racing.
Pol Espargaro of Repsol Honda believes that teammate Marc Marquez remains the finest MotoGP rider on the grid.
After Espargaro switched from KTM to Honda, the two Spaniards shared their first season together in 2021.
Despite the fact that Marquez was never fully fit throughout the season, Espargaro saw enough to feel that the eight-time world champion is still a cut above the rest.
During an exclusive interview with Spanish new outlet Marca, Espargaro said this about his team-mate: “I say that Marc Marquez is the best because I saw what he does, he is a different talent.”
Marquez won three races before his accident, including the last two, despite missing five races due to concussion and diplopia (double vision). He also finished second in Aragon.
In other news, Casey Stoner, who replaced Marquez at Honda in 2013, recently spoke about the present MotoGP and why he thinks it has to change.
The Australian was at the paddock for the final two rounds of the 2021 season, the first time since 2018, and would like to see a return to less rider aids.
Stoner, according to GPone, believes that a few technical regulations modifications will considerably improve the racing part of MotoGP.
Stoner said: “I want to see them sliding, I want to see the mistakes, I want to see people struggling for grip,” he explianed. “People starting the race really well because of their tyre selection, and people starting badly and coming forward. That would all happen with a few different regulations, and I think the overtaking would actually get better.”
Finally, according to today’s MotoGP rumours, Pere Riba, Jonathan Rea’s Kawasaki crew chief, is one of the names being considered for Suzuki’s Team Manager position.
Former Suzuki CEO Davide Brivio and former Repsol Honda Team Manager Livio Suppo are two other candidates who are considered front runners.
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