Marc Marquez would apparently examine incessantly the info of a sure MotoGP rider earlier than bursting onto the scene.
The younger Marc Marquez was a budding star with world titles at 125cc and Moto2 ranges spanning simply three seasons.
He was as a consequence of step into MotoGP with Honda alongside Casey Stoner, earlier than the legend’s early retirement.
It has been claimed that Marquez would obsess over the info of the unbelievable Stoner – and has developed a using type impressed by him.
“I watched a documentary the place [Stoner] was within the 250cc and would simply crash, go sooner, crash. He refused that the bike didn’t work,” Scott Redding instructed the Motorsport Republic podcast.
“Marc is similar. Marc realized from Casey. Marc checked out Casey’s knowledge.
“From what I heard, Marc was like ‘Stoner, Stoner, Stoner’…
“Now Marc rides like Stoner. The way in which he turns the bike, like at Flip 3 at Phillip Island. I’m fairly positive he studied that for months.
“In the event you put them each in a black go well with, I’d be capable to [tell them apart] however it could be fairly f****** onerous.
“The way in which they journey, he picks up the bike, how he assaults the nook, these particulars. It is sort of a Stoner Junior.
“That’s why Marc had large crashes, as a result of he wished to win so badly. That’s the mentality facet.”
Casey Stoner might ‘journey any bike’
Stoner retired early with two MotoGP championships underneath his belt, for Ducati and Honda.
Marquez is preventing for a ninth world title this yr, his first in Ducati colors after spending his heyday at Honda after Stoner retired.
Marquez is already arguably higher than Stoner, and every other MotoGP rider ever, in lots of consultants’ eyes.
However Stoner, who got here a era earlier than him, stays feted for his brilliance.
“It didn’t appear to matter to him [which bike he was on],” Redding mentioned.
“Most riders, together with myself, I assumed I might journey any bike. That acquired proven up at BMW!
“I simply can’t journey that kind of motorbike. I assumed I might, however it seems I can’t.
“Him? He can journey any kind of motorbike.”
