Marc Marquez says Aerodynamics have created a "Robot" Riding Style that takes away "Improvisation"
Marc Marquez made his moto gp debut in 2013, at a time when aerodynamics played only a minor role in motorcycle design. Since around 2017, however, aerodynamics have become a major factor, fundamentally changing the riders.
Marc Marquez admits he preferred the earlier generation of bikes, believing they allowed riders to push beyond the limit and even recover from mistakes that would now inevitably end in a crash.
According to Marc Marquez, modern aerodynamics have created a more "robotic" riding style, leaving riders with far less freedom to improvise and save the front end when it starts to fold.
As Marquez said.
"Where I was enjoying more the bikes was 2014, ’15, ’16, without the aerodynamics, Now, it’s true that they are very nice to ride, but it’s more like a robot style. You need to follow what the aerodynamics want and you cannot override the bike. If you override the bike, you are against the aerodynamics and then you are even slower. So, on that 2014, 15, 16, without aerodynamics.
If you override the bike, you were faster, because you started to slide, you started to lose the front. You saw many saves. Now, not anymore, because the problem now is that the downforce we have, when you lose the front, we are pushing the tyre a lot and it never comes back. So, that bike when I was in Honda… but it’s not because I enjoyed Honda or Ducati; it’s just the style of bike."
Posted Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC