Marc Marquez says he ‘didn’t see’ Andrea Iannone after the MotoGP world champion lost his pole position at Sepang as a result of an incident involving the Suzuki rider.
UPDATE: Marc Marquez has lost pole position after being hit with a six-place grid penalty following an FIM Stewards investigation. He will now start from seventh place on row three. The ruling was made after an incident at Turn 9 with Suzuki's Andrea Iannone.
Marc Marquez is targeting the podium first and foremost at Sepang on Sunday as the MotoGP world champion admits clinching victory at the Malaysian circuit will be a tough task.
Saturday’s top three qualifiers for the Australian MotoGP have had their say on talks over the potential of changing the race schedule or date of the Phillip Island round to counter the number of rider falls.
Marc Marquez is loath to compare himself to his fellow Spanish sporting greats after becoming a five-time MotoGP world champion. The Repsol Honda rider was speaking after clinching pole for the Australian round of the championship for the fifth successive year at Phillip Island.
Marc Marquez bizarrely dislocated his shoulder as he celebrated his fifth MotoGP world title following his victory at Motegi in Japan. The Honda rider was greeted by Britain’s Scott Redding on his slow down lap and the pair embraced, with Marquez soon realising something was amiss.
Marc Marquez won the MotoGP World Championship for the fifth time as he clinched his eighth win of the season in front of Honda’s top brass at Motegi in Japan.
Marc Marquez can clinch his fifth MotoGP World Championship crown this weekend at Motegi in Japan but the factory Honda rider says there is ‘no panic’.
Ten years on from the decision to switch to a control tyre in MotoGP, three of the championship’s top riders have reflected on one of the most significant changes ever in the premier class.
Marc Marquez said he performed better in QP1 than he did in the decisive second qualifying session after the Repsol Honda rider secured pole for the Thailand MotoGP round, despite a costly spill in FP3.
Marc Marquez says there is no issue with his future Repsol Honda team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who blamed the reigning champion for causing the incident that has placed his participation in this weekend’s inaugural Thailand MotoGP round in doubt.
Marc Marquez is on the cusp of a fifth MotoGP world title but the Honda rider says his job is far from over, despite leading the championship by 72 points.
Marc Marquez admitted his surprise as he outgunned the factory Ducati MotoGP riders to lead the timesheets on day one at Aragon, despite not testing at the Spanish circuit.
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez believes the added competition between Ducati riders Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso has given both riders an extra edge in 2018.