Marc Marquez warning: “12th or crash, not much difference, won’t develop faster”

Marc Marquez has been dealt a bleak warning by Stefan Bradl, Honda’s test rider whose input is crucial to developing a substandard bike.
Marc Marquez warning: “12th or crash, not much difference, won’t develop faster”

The Repsol Honda star has e🍎ndured a miserable campaign, whiℱch started full of optimism and free of injury, but has descended into a nightmare.

Marquez hasn’t completed a single MotoGP Sunday race and his hopes to challenge for thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe championship were long over even before the current summer break.

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Atten🐼tion is already on developing the RC213V for next season, th🅷e last on Marquez’s current Honda contract.

“He probably can't change his strategy,” Bradl told about Marquez’s frequent crashes. 𝄹;

“He just can't acc𝄹ept that he's managing an e🌱ighth or 12th place. That's how he is. 

“He always tries to get the maximum out of🃏 it, you can't blame him for that. 

“Marc always goes to the limit and beyond.

“That's confirmation enough that our package just isn't read♓y for it. 

“We don't develop faster either, whether he finishes 12th or falls over the front wheel agai🧔n on the sixth lap𒉰. 

“𒁏It doesn't make muchꦚ of a difference to the team.”

Any optimism at all?

Bradl did say: “Marc is almost better agaiꦍn as a rider because his right upper arm is working as it used to. 

“And because he is physically in better shape.

“He ha꧅s more sec⭕urity and freedom on the bike again. 

ꦓ“After all, he was in the f⛦ront row twice in 2023.”

Stefan Bradl, MotoGP sprint race, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June
Stefan Bradl, MotoGP sprint race, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June

So what is the secret to Honda’s demise? Where did it all go wrong for the Japanese manufacturer who have helped Marquez to a s♏ensational s♛ix MotoGP championships?

“They went off cou꧂rse aftℱer the Qatar GP in 2022," Bradl said.

"But that's not the only reasonꦉ why things went backwards or why we didn't improve.&ꦚnbsp;

“The steps that take us🐠 forward are missing. Too small. Our development is not fast and efficient enough.”

He added: “The MotoGP class has changed a l🥃ot since 2019. 

“Less in terms of the tyres, but the te꧒chnology has simply become even more brutal, in terms of aerodynamics. 

“All the devices, the lowering of the rear – an extreme development has happened in a short time. 🐻;

“And with this development, the Japanese plants didn't go along with it๊ like the E🌃uropeans.”

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