Marc Marquez warning: “12th or crash, not much difference, won’t develop faster”

Marc Marquez has been dealt a bleak warning by Stefan Bradl, Honda’s test rider whose input is crucial to developing a substandard bike.
Marc Marquez warning: “12th or crash, not much difference, won’t develop faster”

The Repsol H🐼onda star has endured a miserable campaign, which started full of optimism and free of injury, b♐ut has descended into a nightmare.

Marquez hasn’t completed a single MotoGP Sunday race and his hopes🐲 t🤪o challenge for the championship were long over even before the current summer break.

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Attention is already on developing the RC213V for n😼ext season, the last on Marquez’s current Honda contract.

“He probably can't𓃲 change his strategy,” Bradl told about Marquez’s frequent crashes. 

♑“He just can't accept that he's managing an eighth or 12th place. That's how he is. 

“He always tries to ꦍget the maximum out of it, you can't blame him for that. 

“Marc always goes to the limit and beyond.

“That's confirmation en💝ough that our package just isn't ready💜 for it. 

“We don't develop faster either, whether he finishes 12th or falls over the front w🐭heel again on the sixth lap. 

“It doesn't m𒐪ake much of a difference to the team.”

Any optimism at all?

Bradl did say: “Marc is almost better again as a rider because his right upper arm is workingꦰ as it u🦄sed to. 

“And because he is physically in better shape.

“He has more💜 security𝓀 and freedom on the bike again. 

“After ⛎all, he was in the front💛 row twice in 2023.”

Stefan Bradl, MotoGP sprint race, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June
Stefan Bradl, MotoGP sprint race, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June

𝓰So what is the secret to Honda’s demise? Where did it all go wrong for the Japanese manufacturer who have helped Ma🌄rquez to a sensational six MotoGP championships?

“They went off course after the Qatar ♎GP in 2022," Bradl said.

"But that's not the only reason why things went backwards or🥃 why we didn't improve. 

“The steps that take us forward are missing. Too small. Our develop๊ment is not fast and efficient enou🌊gh.”

He added: “The MotoGP 𒆙class has changed a lot since 2019. 

“Less in terms of the tyres, ✅but the techno⭕logy has simply become even more brutal, in terms of aerodynamics. 

“All the devices, the lowering💞 💝of the rear – an extreme development has happened in a short time. 

“And with this developm𒉰ent, the Japanese plants didꦕn't go along with it like the Europeans.”

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