phenomenal racer.
Marquez now leads the standings by a margin of 16 points from his partner, Dani Pedrosa. The Repsol Honda rider won three of nine wins his first race in the MotoGP class. Amazingly, he was not on the podium only once.
Finally, riders 20 years of Spain's crossing the finish line in pole position in the race at Laguna Seca, Monday (22/07/2013). And he did it with a great action when overtaking Valentino Rossi in turn corkscrew. It was exactly as he had done when Rossi overtook Casey Stoner in MotoGP duel phenomenal in the U.S. 2008.
"He's got all the potential to be the best racer of all time, or better than me, or to win more than me," said Rossi flattering Marquez quoted from Crash, yesterday.
"He's got great talent, great skill, and is still very young. But it is too early to tell right now because the road is still long. But he has a 100% chance to make it happen," said the driver nicknamed The Doctor's.
So, does this mean that Rossi has been handed the "crown" for Marquez? Asked like that, he cleverly argued, "It is (Jorge) Lorenzo who gave the crown to Marquez, because the last time I won the title in 2009," said seven-time MotoGP world champion is.
"So unfortunately for some of the season I do not have a crown! Apart from the joke, Marc has done some amazing things. Previously, I knew he had a lot of advantages, but not until this good. Initially I thought he might be doing a lot of mistakes in His first season, but it turns out my guess was wrong, "said the Yamaha rider.
Than when he was undergoing his debut in the 500cc class, Rossi said Marquez has much better capabilities. The Spaniard was very rarely makes mistakes, which makes him very rarely fell from his mount.
In fact, except when an accident in Italy, Marquez always completed the race on the podium. Currently he is on top of the standings with 163 points.
"I was very fast in the 500 class in 2000, but I made a lot of mistakes and fall in the first two races, and perhaps for that reason I failed to become champion. So Marc same as me, but already-upgraded - new model!" Rossi said.
Actually Rossi immediately overtaken by Marquez not only at Laguna Seca. When at last Catalunya for example, he was also overtaken by the juniors. The Italian rider was admitted, no matter beaten many times by Marquez.
"I have no issue with Marc, I'm happy about it because I did not feel like, 'I am the defending champion and now he beat me once occupied the top'. I myself come from a very poor season unfortunately (two years with Ducati, Red), also with poor results., so I was very happy to be back, "said the driver who now ranks fourth with 117 points behind Jorge Lonzeo with 137 points, and Dani Pedroa with 147 points.
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