I'm certainly intrigued what MM will bring back to the party next year,but i really hope he doesn't walk away with it for us fans as we need racing for all the season like this one.
Just to state the obvious, can go both ways. Time off makes him lose his edge and it takes a few races to get him back so he only just wins it or it makes him more hungry and he wins from fp1 round 1
Hey,there's no doubt about it,they broke the mold when he was made,just unbelievable talent and won the blue ribbon class at just 20 years of age in his first attempt.He will throw the kitchen sink at it in 2021 to regain his title and put folks back in their small boxes.
Thought Alpinestars might have signed him as an airbag test pilot. I wouldn't give him a shot on my fuken bike....
MM must be licking his chops. What was his points haul last year?? I can't remember but I know it was an absurd final tally.
Only Morbidelli seemed to have found a truly competitive and consistent pace, from mid season. On a bike that does not seem to be cutting edge. Yamaha have soo much work to do in the close season, reliability, pace and maybe still some tyre issues. Young Marquez and Nakagami both seem to prove how difficult the Honda is to ride, by falling off regular when they push. It does seem to be one rider bike. So unless Yamaha come back competitive, I cant see another rider that can compete in every race, the way they need to, to take it to MM.
Has been a strange year where the most consistent points scoring rider amongst all the inconsistency won the title. The 2020 title has been won by less than seven race wins worth of points across 14 races, once the season is over. I'm not a Marquez fan, but his talent can't be denied. If he comes back from the injury and surgeries as strong as he was before and the rest of the field have a year like this one, then they'll all be racing for second place again. After BT Sport said there was a freeze on engine development this year, I wonder what Yamaha will do with how up and down all their riders have been on both full factory and not quite full factory spec bikes, along with their reliability issues and being down on top-end power.
But Yamaha seem to need it the most. All others seem to outdrag them easily. Even the aprilia is faster in a straight line plus the reduced annual engine allocation that they struggled to cope with. Seems a real penalty for them
One could argue that the Honda is a no-rider bike this year. MM happened to fall off it in the first race and end his season. Unfortunately there’s no way to know whether MM would have dominated, or just fallen off more often.
I think Yamaha signed the wrong bloke and Ducati come to think of it, Pol may regret jumping out of KTM.
