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, despite his back wheel still being in the air fol༺lowing hard braking.

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

So what is the secret?

"The problem is you can control the 'stoppie' [rear wheel risﷺing 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 reigning world champion, undefeated in the three races this season.

"So you need to adapt the riding style and the set-up of the bike to be a little bit smoother on that point [when the rear wheel regains contact]. Of course you a🍰lso 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 ✱Bridgestone𝔉 front tyres.

"In Moto2 it was impossible 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 example with Dunlop [n Moto2] it was the opposite - you cannot push with the b𝓰rakes yo🔯u have to keep speed in the middle of the corner.

"With Bridgeston🐟e you need to pu♛sh on the entry to the corner and in the middle of the corner it is more difficult to keep the speed."

2ꦜ1-year-old Marquez will start his 100th g♒rand prix at Jerez this weekend, a circuit he is yet to win on in any grand prix class.

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