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 thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe championship were long over even before the current summer break.
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.”

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.”

James was a sports ♌journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythi🦄ng from American sports, to football, to F1.