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Originally Posted by fasternyou929
Agreed. I only started watching racing a couple years ago and the whole "satellite" concept just didn't make sense. Fast forward a couple years and I'm already guilty of just thinking "that's the way it is" and knowing a rookie (not allowed to ride a factory bike unless you have GP or Moto 2 experience) doesn't have a chance in hell of winning. Same as most of the grid.
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True, but it does give the factories the opportunity to see who the "best of the rest" is, letting them recruit without having to wonder how that rider will perform on a MotoGP bike.
Plus we can all smile when someone puts a Tech3 bike on the podium once a year or so.