Bombshell - Marc to join Gresini

Here's my take on what has happened at Honda. It sure appears Marc has limited development capabilities. That Honda was fast AND rideable when Dani was on the team. He has certainly now been confirmed as a great development rider via his term at KTM and what he's been able to do to that program. Keep in mind, prior to his arrival, the KTM was such a bucket of shit that Zarco risked ruining his career to get away from the factory version. Along comes Dani and they are now in the mix and maybe equal to at least Aprilia. That Honda went from fast and rideable to a body crushing uncompetitive piece of garbage after Dani left. Not immediately mind you, but deteriorated every year after his departure in 2018. Marc may have been able to force his will upon it for awhile, but as the years wore on and the performance degraded, it eventually became too much and he started hurting himself trying to keep up with the field.
The Honda is garbage, Marc is not. Put Marc on a competitive bike and he's going back to his dominant ways and won't have to override the thing to do it.

 

He won't have to. Your reading comprehension is apparently limited. He was doing everything possible and over riding a piece of shit bike in an effort to still win on it. Plop him on a Duc and he's now on the best bike that he no longer needs to push at red mist levels.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt I am. If he can see straight, he's gonna hurt feelings, maybe even yours.

 

And if Duc really wanted attention, they'd crank up Rossi's Geritol levels and fit him with a fresh set of red leathers.
Ducati can win without Marc. It's the ONLY reason they weren't chasing after him. Why pay a dude $20 million when you can get the job done for a fraction of that. Make no mistake, Ducati behind the scenes is ecstatic that the super alien is about to come on board. In fact, after Marc smokes the field on a year old bike, I'd bet they throw a two year contract at him just to keep him off an Aprilia or KTM.

 

Clouded judgment is leaving a winning team and bike to take a chance on a spaghetti machine even Casey Stoner gave up on, just because you're no longer getting preferential treatment over your faster teammate.

 

Damn!

 

Wanna bet?

 

My feelings won't be hurt,I kinda like the little nutcase, he is fast and entertaining.

 

fuckin verified avatar again…. Just when it’s been long enough to forget why you have that you drop it like Darude

 

While I'm completely taking shots in the dark about who developed what successfully, what are the chances the Ducs current competitiveness can be traced back to Lorenzo? Once they finally started listening to him, not only was he capable of winning on it, but so was damn near anyone that sat on it. I know it was years ago, but was he the one that planted the seed that grew a bike that's not only fast, but fast with anyone on it? Gigi is certainly a borderline genius, but did Lorenzo's input draw them the blueprint to build off of? It's either that or Michelle Pirro. Where would you place the credit?
Odd timing the Yamaha went to shit after he left just like the Honda did when Dani retired.

 

Now this is an idea. Rossi vs Marquez in the 2024 Ducati Cup.

 

I am not a fan of Marquez but he has nothing to lose my signing with Gresini and riding the Ducati. He isn't going to win anything with Honda and stands a very good chance of crashing himself out of the sport.

 

Dude literally got 3rd in the last race and you say they’re doing it for attention. All I can say is bahahahaha

 

Was that a dry race, Mr.slowtoy

 

The only person that "put him on a second rate bike", if he ends up at Gresini, is Marc.

Honda still wanted him. Yes, that's a second rate bike too, but a factory. They didn't push him out, they didn't fire him, they didn't ask him to leave.
Ducati didn't ask him to move over and on a "second rate bike".
Marc himself asked to leave, asked to go to the "second rate bike".

Genius level MotoGP team managers in here.

 

This thread needs to be stickied so it can be revisited many times next season.

 

In for the revisionist history

 

The fact it wasn’t means everything. His bike is a pos. In the rain, it’s about the rider. I podiumed every rain race I ever entered that I didn’t crash in except my first which was at Daytona in 2003 which I started the GTO race on like the 10th or 11th row. I got 5th in that race.
Quick is my last name. I was called “Ain’t” in highschool. Cmon bro. 30 years ago, highschool kids came up with a better diss than just switching it to slow.

 

Oh I’m sure @HPPT has earmarked every third post and we will see then thrown up in other threads for awhile.

 

I’d rather him win on that bike.

 

So you added the toy part, sorry that's all I had to work with.