MotoGP: #93 a dirty rider? No, a true rider!

Marc Marquez has been getting a lot of criticism lately for his move on his teammate Dani Pedrosa Sunday in Aragon. It wasn't the first risky overtake of #93 and I'm sure it won't be the  last. People are labelling him as a "dirty rider" and saying he's taking too many unnecessary risks. To be honest, I don't understand all this criticism. Marquez is 20 years old, it's his first year in MotoGP and he's doing an astonishing job! 6 race victories, 7 poles, 13 podiums and leader in the championship. Not bad for a rookie, right?!

But yes, Marquez his racing style is dangerous. And that's still quite an understatement! But it's MotoGP so  it is dangerous, for all the riders. Marquez goes for the smallest, sometimes even non-existing gap to overtake his rivals. That made me think of a quote of F1-legend Ayrton Senna "If you no longer go for a gap that exist, you are no longer a racer". Marquez is a true racer, when he's on his bike he doesn't think about what could go wrong or isn't calculating if his second place would be enough for the worldtitle. The only thing he thinks about when racing is overtaking everyone who's in front of him and winning every race he can. And for me that's the way it should be! That's the mentality of a true racer for me. Maybe it won't gain him as much points as when he would "think" while riding but that's not what Marquez is like.

And in my opinion it's good for the fans and the sport that Marquez isn't a "thinker". Would the fans be happier to see a race without overtakes because every rider is just thinking about the world title and is happy with his place. Is that what we want?! You can love Marquez or hate him but you can't deny that he's contributing a lot to MotoGP. So from my point of view, trying to calm Marc down would be a very stupid thing to do. Marc isn't the crash kid he used to be in Moto2, he has grown a lot since then and everybody better watch out cause he's still growing. Marquez is just at the start of his carreer and I truly believe he still has a lot to show us. So watch and learn from him, cause this kid is something special!

Catya Leroux