Randy de Puniet bets on Marc Marquez winning season opener

MotoGP rider Randy de Puniet and everyone’s favourite model/brolly girl Lauren Vickers were married on Sunday in Australia (congratulations the newlyweds!), however during the FIM Gala earlier this month at Monte Carlo the French rider gave a long and very interesting and exclusive audio interview to French website Mototribu.

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De Puniet touched several bases including what it means riding a CRT machine, the development of his ART, if he is going to be Suzuki’s future test rider and more, but he also gave his personal opinion on new MotoGP rookie and Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez, who he thinks can win the first race of 2013 season at Losail, Qatar.

“I think he’s going to be fearsome from the Qatar GP and I’ve bet that he’ll win at his MotoGP debut at Losail.
It’s possible, Biaggi did it in the 500cc class, but Rossi, Pedrosa and Lorenzo didn’t.
I believe he can do it and I think he has this on his mind.
He’s tough and a fighter and I think he’ll suprise a lot of people.

I believe he’s a combination of all the positive features of Rossi, Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo.

His only defect is that he’s impatient which we saw during the season that made him commit errors.
For the rest there’s nothing else to say, he knows how to start well, overtake, ride fast and how to manage a race.
He’s young and has his feet firmly on the ground and at his age it’s something you rarely see! Everyone wants to beat him.
Pedrosa because he is his team mate and also Lorenzo because of their nationality.
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