Old age, realizing he held on too long and Yamaha for Rossi and Instagraming for Raperface. As for Marquez being done, I thought he was done that last time he knocked himself cross eyed but when he came back from that I picked him to win the championship as a rookie so, hell if I know. I don't think he'll be the racer he was but done? Man, I hope not.
Jerez Test 11/18/2021 I'm not saying Darryn Binder isn't a MotoGP rider, but he isn't a MotoGP rider https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2021/11/18/nakagami-puts-hrc-on-top-as-a-busy-day-1-ends/402745
I think Dorna is trying to spice things up a bit by seeing how the leaders are able to handle lapped traffic
I don't think he deserves that ride but it's not fair to judge him just yet. Jack Miller was almost 4 seconds off the pace at his first MotoGP test (here) and he turned out alright. Rookies tend to just get tires and gas on their debuts, so lap times aren't too relevant yet.