Marc Marquez claims trigger brutal response: 'Go cry somewhere else'

The British Superbike rider made his 125cc World Championship debut alongside Marquez in 2008 when the pair became young sensations.

Both born in 1993 and from high-profile racing countries, they were billed as future MotoGP rivals by the media, with the British Grand Prix at Donington Park that year seeing Redding’s first win and Marquez’s first podium.

However, despite progressing through the ranks at a similar pace, their careers quickly diverged. Redding’s best championship result was runner-up in Moto2 in 2013, while his Spanish rival now has nine world championships in total.

In a recent interview, Redding attributed some of that parting of ways to a difference in backing when he was discussing the lack of British riders in MotoGP.

Yet one prominent voice has disagreed in very strong terms.

Renowned Spanish journalist Ricard Jove commented: "How short-sighted some people are, and how ungrateful.

Along with his comments about Marquez’s superior equipment and staffing, Redding also pointed to the rookie rule being scrapped upon the Spaniard’s MotoGP arrival in 2013.

At the time, new riders had to spend their first two years on a satellite bike, but Marquez went straight to a Honda and won the championship.

Redding insisted that he needed to perform a ‘miracle’ with what he had, citing an occasion in MotoGP in 2015 when Honda gave Marquez a new chassis, but not Redding on a satellite bike.

His comments were meant more as an explanation for the lack of British talent in MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3, but Jove felt the need to point out a reality in the case of Redding.

He added: “Scott has the right to his opinion about his sporting career; mine is that he had his opportunities thanks to the support and financial backing of people like Amadeu Esvertit and Kike de Juan from Metrakit, or Raul Romero from BQR.

Jove then went on to give his own reasons for Redding not winning at the top level in incredibly brutal fashion.

He finished: "The tough part, of course, is that crossing paths with someone like Marc Marquez in your racing career is devastating.