One of the most esteemed Japanese riders in the Motorcycle World Championships between the 1990s and the mid-2000s was Nobuatsu Aoki – who still keeps an eye on MotoGP nowadays.
The former rider commented on the current situation of Honda in an interview with Motosan.es.
‘When Marc [Márquez] and Dani Pedrosa shared the garage, Marc had a good bike, so to speak, a type A, and Dani had a type B. Marc could compete, could win, and Dani, although he had a lot of talent, would lose. The problem is that they won many championships like this. Honda focused on one rider, but when things got complicated, no one was able to achieve good results,’ he stated.
‘I speak as a spectator, maybe I prefer the previous style, without so many things. As a racing driver, you know that if you are much faster, it’s because you are the best. You want to be the best and the fastest possible to win races,’ he added when asked to draw a parallel between the present and the period when he was a rider in MotoGP.
