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The DawgHouse Motorcycle Racing Radio Show 847: Ducati likes Marc Marquez.

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Ducati said it gave Marc Marquez too much influence on the GP25.

1. NTN's The DawgHouse 847 centers on Ducati's reported view that Marc Marquez had too much influence on the GP25. 2. The hosts are Phil, Ken, and Warren, who trade arguments over MotoGP, Superbike, and the business side of racing. 3. The episode asks whether a bike built around one elite rider can still work for everyone else. 4. The discussion cites a Ducati press release from the previous Wednesday about overdevelopment around Marc Marquez. 5. The hosts connect that claim to Marquez's earlier Honda years and to the idea that a championship-winning setup can still be hard to ride. 6. They bring up Dani Pedrosa as a counterpoint and argue that rider input depends on who the rider is. 7. The conversation returns repeatedly to the practical limit that teams cannot build five different bikes. 8. The show then pivots to Circuit of the Americas going private and the idea of an ultra-exclusive membership club. 9. They mention a club name, "The Circuit," and say members would get at least 250 track days a year. 10. The hosts debate whether the price is closer to $150,000, $200,000, or $1.5 million. 11. One memorable stretch compares the COTA plan to private fly-in communities and country clubs with billionaires as members. 12. Another notable point is the prediction that non-members may lose track-day access entirely. 13. The Toprak Razgatlioglu segment adds concrete test feedback about engine braking, ceramic brakes, and riding position. 14. The hosts explain that Razgatlioglu's dive-bomb style depends on late braking and a front-tire load that MotoGP bikes may not favor. 15. They also note his complaint about higher handlebars and the shorter, more tucked MotoGP windscreen. 16. Jorge Lorenzo's advice to Pecco Bagnaia is framed as a mental issue that needs a rider psychologist. 17. The tone is talk-radio style, argumentative, and fast-moving, with the hosts interrupting each other and revisiting the same point from different angles. 18. The format mixes news recap, opinion, and speculative financial talk instead of a single interview or monologue. 19. Listeners who follow MotoGP politics, rider development, and racing business will get the most from it. 20. Listeners wanting a clean, linear race recap will probably skip it.

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A sharp MotoGP debate about Marquez, Ducati, and how rider input can shape a bike.

The episode takes up a familiar MotoGP problem: when a bike gets built too closely around one star, it can become awkward for everyone else. It keeps Ducati's view in frame, with Marc Marquez as the center of gravity, and makes the point in racing terms instead of leaning on…

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You want the Ducati-Marquez blame game, not a sanitized recap.

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