It’s hard not to notice how badly Japanese manufacturers are doing in MotoGP of late. Suzuki, of course, has already abandoned ship, Honda has a motorcycle no one but Marc Marquez — and he, only barely — can ride and Fabio Quartararo looks so hand-dog depressed that moms around the world want to give him a hug and a Xanax. Both brands, long so dominant in motorcycling’s top echelon of racing, now look as pathetic as the CRT (Claiming Rule Teams) machines that clogged tracks in the early ’10s.
