Repsol Honda rider Pol Espargaro believes team-mate Mꦫarc Marquez is still the best MotoGP rider on the grid. 

The two Spaniards shared their first season alongside one-another in 2021 after Esparga🐼ro made the move from KTM to Honda.

And although Marquez remained less than 100% fit throughout the season, Espargaro saw enough to make him believe that the eight-time world champion✃ remains a🎐 cut above the rest. 

During an exclusivꦍe inꦯterview with Spanish new outlet Marca, Espargaro said this about his team-mate: "I say that Marc Marquez is the best because I saw what he does, he is a different talent." 

Marquez, who missed five races including the last tജwo due to concussion and diplopia🎃 (double vision), still managed to win three races including the last two before his injury, while also taking a second place in Aragon. 

In other news, the man Marquez replaced at Honda for 2013, Casey Stoner🗹, recently spoke about the current MotoGP and why he would like t෴o see changes. 

The Australian was in the paddock for the final two rounds of 2021 - first time that’s happened since 2018 - and would prefer to🎶 see a switch back to less rider aids. 

Finally in today’s MotoGP gossip,  have reported that one of the names being targeted for Suzukiไ's Team Manager role is Pere Riba, Jonathan Rea's crew chief at Kawasaki.  

Other candidat🔥es that are considered the front runners are former Suzuki boss Davide Brivio and former Repsol Honda Tea💫m Manager, Livio Suppo.