MotoGP legend Stoner was a popular addition to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where he discussed today’s championship in his trademark no-filter st🦩yl🌠e.

And he isola🍌ted Bezzecchi, the Mooney VR46 rider who is fighting for the title, for s♐pecial praise.

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"As soon as I saw how he rode, I liked him,” St⛦on🍸er told . 

“In ꦍmy eyes he has something that the other riders lack.&nb🐽sp;

“And if y🍌ou left out the tra🍰ction control, he would be one of the few who would still be able to ride in front.

"Marco has a riding style that allows him to use the grip in his ow🐻n un🅰ique way. 

“Some of the current front runners would probably continu♚e to be in front. But I think Marco would have a small advantage if traction control was banned, and riders were told to just find as much grip as possible."

Bezzecchi won the Argentina MotoGP - his first premier c💜lass win, and a first for Valentino Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team.

He is third in the MotoGP standings, currently🍰 36 points behi☂nd leader Francesco Bagnaia.

B𓂃agnaia, of course, ended the years of drought at Ducati last season which stretched back to Stoner.

Stoner’s 2007 champions⭕hip was Ducati’s most recent until, finally, Bagnaia became champion last season.

Stoner was asked if Bagnaia was the current yardstick for all riders to be measured against, and replied: "He must be, because he is the current world 🦂cha♕mpion and also the world championship leader.

"He's doing a fantastic job, a🥀nd not just since l🅷ast year.

“Even before, Pecco was always ♌very competitive. 

“But I guess he needed to calm down a bit in some ways, and 🍷♛he did. 

“He has l꧂earned a lot in the last tw🍬o years and worked on his weaknesses.”