Loris Reggiani has always kept a close eye on the world championship and its dynamics. Having competed in all classes between 1980 and 1995, the former rider is also a long-time TV commentator and never holds back when it comes to voicing his opinion. He adopts the same philosophy during this exclusive chat with Motosprint.  &quot;Morbidelli is consistent, unlike Quartararo&quot;   The 2021 championship will see two young Italians, Marini and Bastianini, make their MotoGP debut.  &quot;Luca and Enea will be fast, but not right away. I expect big things from Franco Morbidelli rather than the rookies. I see him fighting for the title. Looking at last year&rsquo;s races, he was the fastest Yamaha rider. Considering what he did in Moto2, he reaches a certain level and then stays there. He&rsquo;s consistent, unlike Quartararo who gets a little lost&quot;.  And, remaining in the Yamaha camp, at least this year Maverick Vinales won&rsquo;t have the pressure of sharing the garage with someone like Rossi.  &quot;Vinales has shown to be psychologically weak. Rossi caused him some problems, but I think it&rsquo;ll be worse with Quartararo. Because he knew what to expect with Rossi, while it will be a surprise with Quartararo. Fabio is younger and sometimes quicker. He could suffer even more&rdquo;.  Exclusive, Morbidelli: &ldquo;Italian when I train, Brazilian after midnight&rdquo;  &quot;Rossi? Not a title contender&quot;   Meanwhile, Valentino will spend what might be his last season with the privateer Petronas Sepang Racing Team.  &quot;I don&rsquo;t think Valentino will do better than he did in 2020, though if he&rsquo;s more motivated early on then he might be more competitive. I don&rsquo;t see him fighting for the title. If everything goes to plan, he might win one race&rdquo;.  And world champion Joan Mir will have to do without Davide Brivio.  &quot;I&rsquo;ve never believed that a team manager can make the difference. It&rsquo;s the riders who go out on track. The decision has been made anyway and Davide leaves, but Rins and Mir remain. Brivio created the team, but that&rsquo;s done and I don&rsquo;t think it can be easily broken up. Mir might do it again, but it will be tough. He was consistent and competitive in 2020, but I think Morbidelli will be the man to beat this season&rdquo;.  MotoGP, Rins: &ldquo;Brivio&#39;s departure from Suzuki came as a shock&rdquo;  &quot;I think they&rsquo;re hiding something re Marquez&quot;   Talk turns to Marc Marquez. The rider continues to recover but the fact he returned to race at Jerez a few days after his accident remains a talking point.  &quot;Responsibility lies with the rider. Passing the responsibility to others is something I&rsquo;d understand if he were a child. But a world champion who&rsquo;s 27, 28 years old should be an adult about it. It&rsquo;s a bit like Valentino&rsquo;s tax debacle when they tried to shift the blame to his manager. A rider should take responsibility for his actions. You can&rsquo;t pretend that a doctor forced you to ride, especially when you have a personality like Marquez. Valentino and Marc are not conditioned by others, they do what they want&rdquo;.  &quot;A bit like 2015, when Marquez did all he could - in my opinion - to ensure Rossi lost the championship. Honda couldn&rsquo;t say anything, throwing away a couple of double wins in the final races of that season&rdquo;.  There&rsquo;s a lot of talk about him breaking his plate while opening a window.  &quot;He didn&rsquo;t break the plate trying to ride at Jerez or opening a window. They&rsquo;re hiding something and we&rsquo;ll probably never know. I think he hurt himself in training. I don&rsquo;t know if it was while cycling or riding MX, but the responsibility is his. I&rsquo;m sorry not to see him on track because he&rsquo;s a sight to behold, and he&rsquo;s missed, but it&rsquo;s also true that the championship continued regardless&rdquo;.  A situation that perhaps could have been handled differently.  &quot;If a doctor tells you that you can do what you want with a metal plate, then sure, the blame may also lie with the doctor. In my experience, if Doctor Costa told me &lsquo;if you don&rsquo;t have any issues, you can race&rsquo;, I would understand whether I could do it or not, as your body tells you&rdquo;.  &quot;Honda-Dovizioso, it depends on the offer&quot;   Andrea Dovizioso has been cited as a possible replacement for Marquez.  &quot;It all depends on Honda. If I were Dovizioso and Honda offered me a one-off ride, I&rsquo;d say &lsquo;thanks and goodbye&rsquo;. If they offered me a couple of years, it would be a different story. I think Honda is overly dependent on Marquez&quot;.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Marc Marquez runs towards the pre-season 

<p>&quot;The responsibility lies with the rider, a champion should be an adult about it. As for 2021, I see Marini and Bastianini doing well, and would bet on Morbidelli for the title&quot;, says the rider-turned-pundit</p> 

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MotoGP, Reggiani: “Marquez? Enough of blaming others, he’s not a kid”