r/motogp • u/Bitter-Substance1783 • 9d ago

Marc Márquez and Red Bull part ways

https://www.todocircuito.com/noticias/37751-marc-marquez-y-red-bull-separan-sus-caminos.html
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u/KICKERMAN360 Daijiro Kato 9d ago

You can guarantee that Red Bull will sponsor him again when he leaves Ducati. It has happened a few times. I am convinced Red Bull also pay a retainer to their “on hiatus” athletes as well. Best example was when Travis Pastrana sponsored himself for a while (under Nitro Circus).

Marc is very committed to race results and Ducati wouldnt budge from Monster unless Red Bull sponsored the whole team. Also surprising for Monster since they have reduced sponsorships in other sports recently.

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u/edgygothteen69 Maverick Viñales 9d ago

When you think about it, it's a bit weird that sugar water companies pay tens of millions of dollars so we can watch guys in leather go really fast

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u/venomous_frost 9d ago

Makes perfect sense to me, energy drinks associating with adrenaline sports

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u/YoMammatusSoFat 8d ago

But it’s a weird false association. Professional athletes don’t regularly slam energy drinks before their events.

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u/Leewi98 Fabio Quartararo 8d ago

Unless your name is Jamie Vardy

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u/Fox_on_2w 2d ago

Some do though. You can’t generalize. Literally at every level of sporting athletes drink energy drinks. So clearly it’s working.