Marc Márquez’s return to the top of the podium in a MotoGP grand prix 581 days later completely overshadowed the German weekend. But the extraordinary, historic and emotional victory of the Honda racer was surrounded by many other stories that we analyze in a new installment of the By Ears podcast from Motorsport.com.
Márquez returned Honda to winning ways, but HRC admits the special circumstances of success, a victory that cannot cover up the technical problems that still exist in the Tokyo factory prototype.
And while the #93 recovered the course lost due to the injury, Maverick Viñales starred in one of his worst weekends since he was in the World Championship, the worst Saturday of his life, he started 21st, and one of his worst races, arriving last in the goal. Mack ‘s role contrasts with the performance of his young garage mate, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, a regular on the podium and increasingly the leader of the contest.
We also review what will be one of the news of the week, the confirmation of the marriage between Ducati and VR46 Racing, Valentino Rossi’s team, which has yet to announce what it is going to do next year, while Petronas and Yamaha are looking for a replacement: the young Spaniard Raúl Fernández.
Finally, we analyze the situation in Suzuki, the champions of 2020, with Joan Mir, cannot find the key and the GSX-RR does not quite take the step to be able to compete with its increasingly stronger rivals.
