“If Marc Marquez rode a Ducati? He would be the reference”

Marquez has been forced to sit frus🦩trated on the sidelines and watch the MotoGP title be contested between Ducati trio Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi.
He has not even completed𒀰 a grand prix in 2023 and is no closer to solving the d💝readful problems imposed by his Honda.
"Marc Marquez knows that the potential of his broth🌟er, Luca Marini and Bezzecchi is not comparable💦 to his," says Honda test rider Bradl to .
“In my🌠 opinion, Marc's riding skills are at a higher level.꧙
“He's still the rider to beat if he has🥂 the material.
“And when he says that anyone can go fast with♎ a Ducati, that's a fact. ⭕;
“There 🔜are enough races where three D𝐆ucati riders are on the podium.
“The age of the rider doesn't🧔 matౠter for them, as you can see with Johann Zarco.
“Different riding styles also lead to success with the Desmosedici, even witꦑh models from 2022 and with all customer teams.”

Bradl has deputised fo🐎r Marquez more than 20 times since joining as Honda’s test rider in 2018, and is now chiefly responsible for testing new parts.
But he has warned that MotoGP is following a bad exa🐼mple from F1 in terms of its technical regul🦹ations.
“And in Formula 1 you know: You don’t win a race in a Haas,” Bradl said.꧃
“You have to ꦜsit in a🤡 Red Bull, that's the best car.
“Even with a Mercedes or Ferr♓ari nobody wins at th𒆙e moment.
“In MotoGP, as a Honda rider, you haven't had a chance to w☂in lately either,💎 although the differences here aren't that striking, it's closer.
ꦺ"It's easier for you when🏅 you're on the right motorcycle.
"I don't want to say: 'If Marc sits on ♏a Ducati, he's unbeatable.' But I think he would be the reference."

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp🧔orts for a decade covering everything f🐟rom American sports, to football, to F1.