Casey Stoner “main reason I left” because Honda only listened to Marc Marquez

Casey 🌱Stoner insists that Honda prioritised Marc Marquez's feedback above other riders'

Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Casey Stoner claims the “main reason” he left Honda was because they were only listening to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s developmental feedback.

Stoner and Marquez were poised to become 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP teammates at Repsol Honda in 2013 until the Australian’s ⛎shock retirement, aged only 27.

Instead, Marquez was promoted into the premier class alon🔯gside Dani Pedrosa as Moto2 champion but his words were already being prioritised by the manufacturer, Stoneಞr insists.

Asked about Honda listening more to𓆏 Marquez’s advice than Pedrosa’s or Jorge Martin’s, Stoner told : "This is the main reason🉐 why I myself left Honda.

“We had reached a point where Marc's team was starting to move aꦏway from my indications.

“I tried to warn them, telling them that if they continued to only follow the developments of M🐎arc, he would have been the only one capable of riding that bike, and accid✱ents would have been frequent.

“A𒆙nd I was right, as the 2015 results show, but thಌey didn't want to listen to me and instead decided to move me away."

Marquez, of course, won th🐷e MotoGP championship in his rookie year.

He won the title in six of his firstꦺ seven seasons in the premier class.

But Honda have fallen into a period of woe, and their below✅-par bike last season has caused Marquez to quit and go to Gresini Ducati.

"I didn't expect it, but I💦 u🦩nderstand that he's gone,” Stoner said.

“With a𒐪ll these extra components on the bike it's very difficult to understand whether it was him or Honda who made tღhe mistake.

“Going to Ducati means understanding for yourself what he's been competing against in these last few years and𓄧 to see if he can ma☂ke a difference there too.

“It wasn't 🌺a bad choice to leaಌve, and I think he left the door open to come back to them if things were to change at Honda."

Marquez was eventually replaced at Repsol Honda by Luca Marini, but only after a lo𒅌ng search where Miguel Oliveira, Maverick Vinales and talents from Moto2 were briefly considered.

Honda also lost Alex Rins after just one season with their LCR satellite team, during which he won at the Circuit of the Americas then broke ෴his leg.

Johann Zarco has replaced Rins at LCR.

​"Honda has builtꦛ such a ba൲d reputation over the years, everyone ends up wanting to leave,” Stoner said.

“They managed t𝓡o win comfortably in Austin, so why did they do✨ so poorly until the end of the year?

“It's🍒 strange that they are so lacking despite being able to win.

“Alex Rins' injury and Marquez's difficulties did😼n't help."

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