Casey Stoner identifies current MotoGP rider who has “something the others lack”
MotoGP le𒁃gend Stoner was a popular addition to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where he discussed today’s championsh🎉ip in his trademark no-filter style.
And he isolated Bezzecchi, the Mooney VR46 rider who is fi🦩ghting for the title, for special praise.
"As soon as I saw how he rode, I 🔯liked him,” Stoner told .
“I💖n my eyes he has something that the other riders lack♚.
“And if you left o𒀰ut the traction con🍨trol, he would be one of the few who would still be able to ride in front.
"Marco has a ri🐬ding style that allows him to use the grip in his o⛦wn unique way.
“Some of the current front runners would probably continue to be in front. But I think Marco would have a s🌱mall advantage if traction control was banned, and riders were told to just find as much grip as possible."
Bezzecchi w🍨on the Argentina MotoGꦑP - his first premier class win, and a first for Valentino Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team.
He is third in the MotoGP sta🐼ndings, currently 36 points behind leader Francescᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo Bagnaia.
Bagnaia, of course, ended the years of drought at Ducati last season♚ which stretched back to Stoner.
Stoner’s 2007 championship was Ducati’s🅠 most recent until, finally, Bagnaia became champion last season.
Stoner was as𝓰ked if Bagnaia was the 𒊎current yardstick for all riders to be measured against, and replied: "He must be, because he is the current world champion and also the world championship leader.
"He's doing a fantastic🍎 job, and not just si🌳nce last year.
“Even b💃efore, Pec꧋co was always very competitive.
“But I guess he needed to calm down a bit in some ways, and 🌳he did.
“He has learned a lo🥂t in the last two years and worked on his weaknesses♑.”
J🍷ames was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
