In the same season that Valentino Rossi stated he had 'all the potential to become the greatest of all time', rookie rider Marc Marquez found himself well on the way to becoming the youngest premier class winner in MotoGP history, but a bizarre mix up in the pit stop nearly cost him the title.Round 16 of the 2013 MotoGP was held at Phillip Island, Australia and the race had been reduced from 27 to 19 laps due to safety concerns around the recent resurfacing of the track. In a bizarre, calamitous mix up, everyone apart from team Honda seemed to understand that the pit stop had to be made on laps 9 or 10. The moment of high drama came when Marquez missed the pit stop window and swapped his...
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