{"id":368672,"date":"2025-12-24T10:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:39:08","slug":"marc-marquez-lacks-magic-of-valentino-rossi-claims-former-motogp-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368672\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez lacks \u201cmagic\u201d of Valentino Rossi, claims former MotoGP winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Iannone says Marc Marquez lacks the \u201cmagic\u201d of a rider like Valentino Rossi, though \u201cnobody doubts his talent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1060\/andrea-iannone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Iannone<\/a> raced in MotoGP between 2013 and 2019, before he was served with a four-year doping ban in 2020 that was retroactive to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian had a fiery reputation on track, with Iannone and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> proving to be strong rivals in the Moto2 class.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with GPOne, Iannone was asked for his opinion on old rival Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cNobody doubts his talent and that he\u2019s fast.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s not my favourite, because I prefer [Kevin] Schwantz or [Marco] Lucchinelli &#8211; riders who have magic, attitude, and charisma, not just riding skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking, for example, of Valentino Rossi. Marc doesn\u2019t give off the same feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iannone was very much on Rossi\u2019s side during the MotoGP legend\u2019s fallout with Marquez towards the end of the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<p>When asked for his view on the infamous conclusion to the 2015 season, Iannone added: \u201cWhat happened tarnished his reputation and wasn\u2019t a good thing for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarc had that habit; he\u2019d get alongside you and knock you out.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great champion, he got injured, and he\u2019s done everything possible to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iannone made a final MotoGP outing at the 2024 Malaysian Grand Prix, after the VR46 team fielded him in place of the injured Fabio Di Giannantonio.<\/p>\n<p>Once his doping ban ended, Iannone took up a ride with the GoEleven Ducati team in World Superbikes in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He scored a race victory in 2024, though he couldn\u2019t replicate this last season and came away with just three podium finishes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/news\/1087422\/1\/andrea-iannone-2026-plans-revealed-worldsbk-entry-list-published\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iannone has appeared on the entry list <\/a>for the 2026 World Superbike season under the Cainam Racing Team banner.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>He is due to race Ducati machinery again.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Iannone says Marc Marquez lacks the \u201cmagic\u201d of a rider like Valentino Rossi,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[111332,64,63,4280,806,805,803,804,85,20420],"class_list":{"0":"post-368672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-andrea-iannone","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-marc-marquez","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-valentino-rossi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}