The third round of MotoGP is drawing near and
with it everyone is just raising one question, whose going to catch Repsol
Honda Team’s star rider Marc Marquez in the inaugural Grand Prix race at de laRepublica Argentina. The question is absolutely valid, as Marquez made a
belligerent start to the 2014 Grand Prix season, first by winning the opening
race in Qatar and then showed his dominance in Austin too. Now the youngest
MotoGP World Champion is looking to win his third consecutive race when the
riders will once again gather in South America, where Grand Prix is taking
place after a long break. This makes de la Republica Argentina circuit a new challenge
for all the ridersand so far Marquez has remained the best when it comes to
adapting the new conditions and layout.
More importantly, the pace that Marquez had
shown till now is unmatchable. In addition to the pace, the 21-year old Spanish
rider has also set the bar higher for his competitors by using hard Bridgestone
tyres, as Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi and Gresini Honda’s Scott
Redding badly destroyed their front tyres in Austin, Texas which cost them the
race. Therefore, Marc is rated as the best contender in MotoGP’s current season
because even his teammate Dani Pedrosa, who finished second at Circuits of The
Americas, was also not able to surpass him. Rossi, who had a tough fight with
Marquez back in Qatar for number one position finished 10 in Austin, as he was struggling
throughout the race.
However, at the mid stage of the race
Valentino looked quite threatening as he reached right behind Andrea Iannone of
Pramac Ducati, who was at number three position at that time. Unfortunately,
issue with the front tyre forced Rossi to fall back. Therefore, Rossi is still
considered as the top rider who can give Marquez a tough time in Argentina, if
he manages to get rid of technical issues with his bike.
Valentino’s teammate
Jorge Lorenzo, on the other hand, so far not able to impress his team and fans,
as in Qatar crashed his bike after leading all the riders after a short while,
whereas at COTA he received a penalty for jump start. So, it is less likely
that Lorenzo will give Marc a good run in the upcoming round.
In contrast to Lorenzo, Ducati Team’s
Andrea Dovizioso has a better chance of making to the podium once again in
Argentina, but it remains to be seen whether he will be able to outstrip
Marquez. It will depend on how Dovizioso will adapt to the new layout and
conditions. On the whole, at this point in time apart from Rossi there is no
real competitor that looks to give Marquez a tough time in the next round.
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