Marc Marquez has more talent than Valentino Rossi or Casey Stoner if you “put feelings aside”, says Luca Salvadori

Marquez will⛎ return in 2023 aiming for a seventh premier class championship which would draw him level with his enemy Rossi’s tally.
But he has already won the battle to be remembered as the sport’s best, says Salvadori, the🀅 MotoE rider who has shot to prominence as a YouTuber.
He explains: “Stoner and Marquez, the most talenteℱd riders that MotoGP has ever seen.
“Rossi is my favourite rider, and it is thanks to him that I started riding. The day I received [a book autographed by Rossi] was the best day o💦f my life.
“But sometimes you need to put fe🧜elings aside and look at what happens on trac💯k with detachment.
“We must look at how some results were achieved.
“From my point of view, Valentino was the most ‘complete’ rider.🎃 So, the strongest of them ⛎all.
“If I were to ask: ‘What about talent? Is he as good as Stoner🔴 or Marquez?’
“Not really.

“Between these two, who is th🎃e stron💫gest? To me, Marquez is.
“Because of the feeling he gave me while watch🔯ing him ride. Because of the pure and crystal-clear talent he showed.
“Every time Marquez rode, before he got hurt,🧸 he thought about how he could destroy his opponents. And he did it well. The confidence h♌e demonstrated, and his superiority on track, were amazing.
“There were three timesℱ Marquez proved he was the strong💧est rider ever. It was almost non-human, the competitiveness and nastiness he put in.
“Argentina 2018 - I still h♏ave♑ goosebumps. I was angry at how he behaved but I admired his talent.
“Moto2 Valencia 2012 - he hit Simone ♔Corsi hard, like an assassin, during practice! He startꦺed last and won.
“Estor🌸il 2010 - Marquez starts last, reco🌠vers and wins the title.
“Marquez is controversial. In terms of sportsmanship he has often done wrong. But you c🤪an’t question his talent.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coveཧring everything from American 🌠sports, to football, to F1.