Marc Marquez was the top Honda rider on Friday in Catalunya, but with all four RCVs at the bottom of the timesheets the factory’s MotoGP woes were exposed for all to see.
Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia continued their dominant start to the Catalan MotoGP after the Spaniard broke the official lap record in second practice, which he set last season.
With his first Sunday MotoGP points of the year finally in the bag, Marc Marquez will be hoping his ‘calm approach’ now brings his first home Catalunya points since 2019 this weekend.
Marc Marquez has been linked with a move to KTM for some time but, over the Austrian MotoGP weekend, it felt like their relationship was growing closer.
Marc Marquez has once again warned about the impact of advanced aerodynamics in MotoGP, adding that waiting until 2027 to change the regulations is ‘too late’.
Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta sounds like a fantasy MotoGP rider duo - one arguably the greatest to ever do it, the other his young compatriot who has the talent to emulate his feats.
Marc Marquez would 'welcome' the Ducati experience Johann Zarco can bring to Honda in MotoGP next season, but warned Alex Rins and Joan Mir also came from a good bike and that the RCV's main weakness is already known.