Marc Marquez “ended the Valentino Rossi era” says Marco Melandri - “sportingly, he is a b*******!”
MotoGP legend Rossi brought the curtain down on his long career at the end of 2021, while Marquez has seen this year blighted by more maj🌺or injuries whi🐓ch cost him a crack at the championship.
Marquez and Rossi had an uneasy truce w♑hile they were in co💫mpetition and their legacies are the subject of debate.
“Marquez ended the era of Valentino Rossi and opened another,” said five-time Mot🧸oGP race-winner Melandri.
“In many things Marc is like Valentino: sportingly speaking he is a b****🐻**𓆉 and on the track he has redone everything that Vale had done before.”
Ital𝓰ian icon Rossi r🎀etired with seven MotoGP world championships while Spaniard Marquez has six.
This season Marquez underwent a fourth major arm surgery, scuppering his hopes of success although his comeback has already bee🐽n mightily impressive, raising hopes that he could challenge to equal Rossi’s tally of titles in 2023.
Marquez admitted that he copied the style of Australia’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Casey Stoner at Phillip Island. St🅷oner is a two-time champion.
Is Marquez better than Stoner?
“I don't believe🍸 in comparisons," Melandri said. "These are different times, Giacomo Agostini today would never win 15 world championships, it is impossible to win two a year.
“The lifeꦉstyle, the training, the type of bike, the riding. These are different times, it is impossible to make comp𝄹arisons."
Despite missing six races in 2022, Marquez is 12th in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings, the highest-placed Honda rider in a w💛oeful campaign for the team.
James was a 🧸sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything 🎉from American sports, to football, to F1.
