Marc Marquez He made history in 2013 by winning the MotoGP championship in his rookie season. He did this on a factory bike, which he would not have been allowed to ride under the rules of a year ago.
In the year After winning the Moto2 title in 2012, he joined Cervera Ant Honda In the year In MotoGP in 2013 and immediately he was a threat to the front runners. Valentino Rossi is worried about Marquez After making his debut in Qatar, he finished second.
surprisingly, Marquez He would go on to win the championship with six wins and 16 podiums from 18 races, beating the likes of Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.
If you were Marquez, would you accept Honda’s offer?
Marquez did not expect to win the first raceNot to mention the title, but in 2013 it and the RC213V were a match made in heaven. However, I wouldn’t have ridden that machine if it wasn’t for the law change.
Prior to 2013, rookies were prohibited from jumping directly into factory teams. But that year the rule was lifted, allowing Marquez to join Honda HRC.
Satellite teams like MotoMatters, LCR and Gresini have called for this change because they fear disruptions between their lineups. Marquez continues to lead Lorenzo by four points, while Scott Redding still has problems with the rule change today.
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Scott Redding thinks MotoGP will ‘favor’ Spanish riders as Marc Marquez rookie rule change
Speaking through Full discussionThe former MotoGP and WSBK rider In 2013, he talked about the start rule change. The championship believes in supporting Spanish and Italian riders, with more than half of its current grid drawn from those nations.
“I don’t want to talk bad about the championship because it’s the best in the world, but when you look at the line-up of riders on factory bikes, especially the last three years, they’re all Spanish and Italian.
“All the factory bikes are Spanish and Italian. In the year before Marquez went to MotoGP, there was a rule where up and coming riders did one or two years on a satellite bike and then they could go on a factory bike. You know what? Fair, cool.
Should MotoGP reinstate the satellite bike rule for novice riders?
“Then the year Marquez came out, that rule was scrapped, you go straight to Repsol HRC. And that’s the thing. You see, all the Spanish and Italians are on factory bikes.”
“So when you’re at that level, it’s not just the damage, but because you’re usually on a satellite bike, there’s also the financial support.
“It’s very difficult to go like that, ‘Well, I’m going to take that much money, which is nothing compared to what a Spanish or Italian should earn, but I still have to pay for training. I have to go to Spain and Italy and drive three times a week.’
“You’ve got to pay for that. And it’s at their door. They’ve got the money. That’s where the championship fits, and that’s enough. But right now, I feel like it’s in their favor.”
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