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Post by mekon on Dec 27, 2022 12:35:30 GMT
Ready various stories seems Marquez is pissed with Honda and FabioQ has had enough of Yamaha.
Everyone wants a Ducati. What will happen by the end of the year? I guess the factory Ducati is sewn up. No Suzuki, no satellite Yams. You'd have to be Marquez type to have any pull.
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Post by neilf on Dec 28, 2022 12:27:37 GMT
Honestly, I think that MM is bluffing and is looking at lighting a fire under HRCs backside! Aprilia can't afford him, but KTM could!
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Post by mekon on Dec 28, 2022 18:45:11 GMT
I think the last time you could argue the Honda was good was when Crutchlow was winning on it.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Dec 29, 2022 20:28:38 GMT
Marquez said not so long ago that he wanted to retire at HRC, and he can't have that many years left after his mega contract. He's tied in till end of 24 isn't he?
Honestly I blame bored journalists.
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Post by spuu on Dec 30, 2022 2:26:17 GMT
Yes he's contracted until end of 24 season. I dont see he has any bluffing power left in the current scenario. Not with Suzuki now also gone.
Honda need to roll out a working bike he can win on week in week out or he's screwed. Or some miracle happens and Michelin pull the plug and Bridgestone come back. Nobody could or possibly ever will push a front end like Marquez did on that tyre.
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Post by no66 on Jan 5, 2023 20:23:35 GMT
Martin in talks with Yamaha for 2023. Feels overlooked by Ducati
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Post by no66 on Jan 5, 2023 20:23:46 GMT
Martin in talks with Yamaha for 2023. Feels overlooked by Ducati
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Post by mekon on Jan 6, 2023 11:59:47 GMT
Dude is a overvaluing himself. 3 or 4 podiums in 2022? 5 crashes in races and a quite a few mediocre results.
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Post by bella on Jan 6, 2023 14:14:29 GMT
Needs to keep his mouth shut and remember Ducati Grass is greenest at the moment, the minute he walks from Ducati he'll battling to make top 10s.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jan 6, 2023 14:47:50 GMT
Martin in talks with Yamaha for 2023. Feels overlooked by Ducati 2024? Would Yamaha pay more for a factory team rider than Ducati Pramac satellite team? |
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Post by mekon on Jan 7, 2023 16:16:58 GMT
Sete Giblets just declared Marquez the greatest rider in history. I'm guessing he's still pissed off with Rossi all these years later.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Jan 8, 2023 8:18:42 GMT
I wonder if Martin is just trying to get the jump on the imminent reduction of Ducatis on the grid. He knows he's not top of the list so he might as well start looking now.
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Post by mekon on Jan 8, 2023 11:03:26 GMT
I hope the reduction of Ducatis is matched by something else? We could be heading to a demand and supply problem.
I suppose all the riders could go to wsb for a new golden age over there.
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Post by paulg on Jan 9, 2023 12:11:38 GMT
Sete Giblets just declared Marquez the greatest rider in history. I'm guessing he's still pissed off with Rossi all these years later.
hard to argue with him though
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Post by bella on Jan 9, 2023 16:22:04 GMT
I've mulled over this question for ages, and to me its this.....there is too much diversity and technological advances in machinery to make a judgement across decades, i find it difficult enough to rate men in the same era never mind from the 50s to the modern era, plus i've not been around that long.
I suppose you could leave it to blokes still around from those early days but there's not many left now, Nobby Clark who was on the scene from the late 50s says Hailwood or Roberts and more interestingly considering his nationality Angel Nieto who started in the mid 60s was adamant its Hailwood, even over Marquez.
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