Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Horsepower or horse heads?

Imagine the scene in a parallel universe: crime family boss Marc Marquez leans forward with a Machiavellian glint in his eye. Loaded with menace, sotto voce, he says, “My father taught me many things here. He taught me in this room; he taught me – keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

A MotoGP/Godfather vision of Marquez’ dad Julià as Don Corleone and Marc as Michael might be stretching the allusion, but there’s definitely a strong ‘Iberian mafioso’ feel to Repsol Honda’s team line-up of Marc, Julià,

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