Marc Marquez to Gresini is not going to happen.

#MotoGP #Honda #MM93

Speedweek are reporting that Marc Marquez will be joining the Gresini Ducati team in 2024.

This is gaining more and more steam.

#MotoGP #MM93 #Ducati #Honda

https://www.speedweek.com/motogp/news/213084/Sensation-Marc-Marquez-mit-Bruder-Alex-bei-Gresini.html

A few more notes from Barcelona. About Maverick Viñales' tyre pressure, the misery of Honda, Quartararo going backwards, and how the Misano test may determine Marc Marquez' future, but in a different way than you think.

#MotoGP #Barcelona #Honda #Yamaha #Aprilia #MM93 #FQ20

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2023/09/06/barcelona_motogp_subscriber_notes_part_2.html

So where are we at with all this speculation and rumour surrounding who goes where for 2024 and beyond? I've tried to summarise the feverish mood of MotoGP Silly Season here:

#MotoGP #Honda #Ducati #KTM #MM93 #JZ05 #JM36 #BB33

https://motomatters.com/news_item/2023/08/22/austria_kicks_motogp_silly_season_up_a.html

ICYMI:
Have the Japanese factories hit rock bottom? At Silverstone, Yamaha and Honda looked more like they were at a test than a grand prix. What does this mean for the future? Have they turned things around or are they still digging? A special for subscribers

#MotoGP #Honda #Yamaha #MM93 #JM36 #TN30 #FM21 #FQ20

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2023/08/11/whither_japan_how_honda_and_yamaha.html

Have the Japanese factories hit rock bottom? At Silverstone, Yamaha and Honda looked more like they were at a test than a grand prix. What does this mean for the future? Have they turned things around or are they still digging? A special for subscribers

#MotoGP #Honda #Yamaha #MM93 #JM36 #TN30 #FM21 #FQ20

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2023/08/11/whither_japan_how_honda_and_yamaha.html

Marc Marquez saying now is not the time to be thinking about his future. You don't make decisions at the worst point of your career. He wants to be fit, get back on the bike, and then make a decision in a more calm moment, when he can think clearly, not clouded by emotion and pain.

#MotoGP #DutchTT #Assen #Honda #MM93

Wow! Marc Marquez pulls out of the German #motogp race. (Can't say I blame him after so many crashes this weekend, due to having a crap bike)

Wonder when the last time was that zero Honda's were on the grid of a race at the top level??

#motogp #mm93 #GermanGP

Been a lot happening with riders for next year in the past few days.
Wrote up Silly Season developments and speculations for subscribers on the website.

Includes Morbidelli, Bezzecchi, Zarco, Marquez, KTM, Acosta, Honda, and much more.

#MotoGP #Honda #KTM #MM93 #FM21 #MB72 #JZ05

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2023/06/15/motogp_silly_season_round_up_morbidelli.html

For anyone who didn't see this on Amazon Prime, the Marc Marquez doc All In is on the Red Bull website. Worth watching, whatever your view of Marquez.

Great insight into the mind of a champion.

#MotoGP #MM93

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/marc-marquez-all-in-s1-e1

As predicted. Marc Marquez doesn't want to risk racing at Jerez because braking forces could force the pin in his thumb to let go, and that could possibly be career ending.

#Honda #MotoGP #MM93

Sounds like that injury #MM93 sustained was pretty serious if he's been told that if he injures it again, it could end his career.

Don't blame him for erring on the side of caution (though I'm sure it took all 3 of those medical teams agreeing to convince him!) and not racing.

#MotoGP

And of course #MotoGP #VideoPass messes up the beginning of the #MM93 scrum by playing their stupid music.

About that Marc Marquez press conference:

Originally, Marc Marquez was scheduled to do just a normal media debrief. He is in Jerez to open a Repsol garage, normal sponsor duties, Honda thought it would be good for him to talk to the press.

The Dorna turned it into a press conference, and everyone got very excited. Paddock people speculating about retirement, KTM, etc.

So Honda changed it back to a normal media debrief.

It's going to be pretty dull, standard stuff.

#Honda #MotoGP #MM93

And this is why #MotoGP is ridiculous. You have the #FIM president, Jorge Viegas, publically throwing #MM93 under the bus because the incompetent Stewards Panel fucked up. But as #JM43 said, "Because it’s Marc Marquez, everybody wants to put the knife in"

#MotoGP Favoritism. A Tale in 3 Acts.

Act III: #JM89 vs #AM73

The Hows: First lap into the third race of the season, #JM89 sends it in too hot on cold tires, taking #AM73 out so hard (and so far) that he needs assistance getting off the track.

The Aftermath: #JM89, who said #MM93’s apology “meant nothing”, gives a half-assed apology to #AM73, basically saying it’s not his fault, Race Direction agrees (despite #AM73 needing x-rays on his knee) and receives no sanctions.

#MotoGP Favoritism. A Tale in 3 Acts.

Act II: #MM93 vs #MO88 (w/a brief appearance by #JM89)

Further: #JM89 tosses his toys from the pram to the media but misses no time. #MO88 misses one race out of an abundance of caution, given the back-to-back. #MM93 has missed two races and counting.

#MotoGP Favoritism. A Tale in 3 Acts.

Act II: #MM93 vs #MO88 (w/a brief appearance by #JM89)

The Hows: First lap into the first race of the season, #MM93 locks up the front, clipping #JM89 who continues on. While #MM93 highsides, his bike takes out #MO88.

The Aftermath: #MM93 tearfully and profusely apologizes, Race Direction decides he was being overly agressive and gives him 2 LL to be served at the next race.

Just watched #JM89's half-assed public apology to #AM73. No "I took him out" but "I crashed and he was there". No, you were being entirely too aggressive on cold tires on the first fucking lap of a race. The very same shit you crucified #MM93 for, that he got penalized for.

The #MM93 haters will be all "intent, intent!" ... any way you sake it, either was too aggressive for that point in the race, and it ended races early. Same punishment for all, or none at all.

#MotoGP #AmericasGP

Why did the MotoGP Court of Appeal agree to delay the Double Long Lap Penalty on Marc Marquez for his Portimão clash with Miguel Oliveira?

I read the judgement so you don't have to, and tried to set it out in clear and understandable terms.

- What the appeal is about
- Why the Court agreed with Honda
- Why the Court thinks its important the full appeal is heard before Marquez serves any penalty

#MotoGP #PortugueseGP #Honda #MM93 #MO88

https://motomatters.com/news_item/2023/04/13/motogp_court_of_appeal_suspends_marquez.html