Motogp: ‘Dream come true’ for Marquez

Marquez, who won the Moto2 championship last year, has replaced the retired Australian Casey Stoner in Honda team.

SEPANG: Spain’s Marc Marquez, in sizzling form since the start of three days of pre-season testing, said it was a “dream come true” to race nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi and other top MotoGP riders.

Marquez, 19, who won the Moto2 championship last year, has replaced the retired Australian Casey Stoner in the Honda team.

On the first day of testing Tuesday at the Sepang circuit, the Spanish teenager was the third fastest rider behind his team-mate Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha’s defending champion Jorge Lorenzo.Rossi came in fourth.

“Valentino was my hero. Dani was my reference. It is quite impressive when you see them on the track. It is my dream come true,” he told AFP. “The goal is to go race by race, try to enjoy and every time go better and better.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 7^th, 2013.