Among the last pieces of advice Marc Marquez gave to Honda before departing for Gresini Ducati was the need to increase engine performance if the RC213V is to fight for a MotoGP title again.
As the saying goes, a good compromise is when the various parties are dissatisfied with something, and that’s roughly the case with the new MotoGP concessions ranking.
Marc Marquez has backed MotoGP’s revised concessions rules for 2024 but insisted it would not have changed his decision to leave Repsol Honda for Gresini Ducati.
Marc Marquez’s former team-mate Dani Pedrosa was among those present at the Valencia MotoGP test and ‘curious’ to see how the eight-time world champion performed on his Ducati debut.
Following Marc Marquez's departure from Repsol Honda, Joan Mir will 'swap sides' and work with the #93's former crew, led by Santi Hernandez, for the 2024 MotoGP season.
Marc Marquez took extra risks for the start of his final Repsol Honda MotoGP weekend and was rewarded with safe progress through to Qualifying 2 – even without a tow.
After the four Hondas had been left bottom of the timesheets in opening Qatar MotoGP practice, Marc Marquez managed to snatch an unlikely top ten place for direct Q2 access in the evening.
Jaume Masia set a new lap record that left him almost a second clear of the rest of the lightweight class in qualifying for the Malaysian Moto3 Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez recalled a notorious moment from Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP past as he again thanked Honda for allowing him to test for Gresini Ducati at Valencia next month.