Spain MotoGP: Marquez talks one wheel corner entry

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez explains one wheel corner entry
Marquez, Braking, Spanish MotoGP 2013
Marquez, Braking, Spanish MotoGP 2013
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One of the most breathtakingly aspects of Marc Marquez's spectacular MotoGP riding 🐷style is his ability to commit to corner entry, despꦗite his back wheel still being in the air following hard braking.

While raising the rear wheel in a straight line is nothing new, Marquez is the only rider who appears able to regularly lean into a corner before the back wheel haꦅs regained contact.

So what is the secret?

"The problem is you can control the 'stoppie' [rear wheel rising into the air], but then when the rear wheel comes back down normally the movement of the bike is so aggressive," said Repsol Honda's rᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeigning world champion, undefeated in the three races this season.

"So you need to adap💜t the riding style and the set-up𝐆 of the bike to be a little bit smoother on that point [when the rear wheel regains contact]. Of course you also need to have good confidence in the front tyre and with the front part of the bike."

Indeed, a key factor is the immense entry grip available from the B𝐆ridgestone🍰 front tyres.

"In Moto2 it was 𓃲impossible to do. But already when I tried the MotoGP bike for the first time I felt that with this front tyre you can push a lot.

"For e🐓xample with Dunlop [n Moto2] it was the opposite - you cannot push with the brakes you have to keep speed in the ♌middle of the corner.

"With Bridgestone you need to push on the entry to the corner and in the middle of the corner it is more difficult to ⛄keep the speed."

21-y🅺ear-old Marquez will start his 100th grand prix at Jerez this weekend, a circuit he is yet to win on in any grand prix𝓰 class.

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