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.
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.
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.
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.
After warning he only had the pace for 10th-15th place on Friday, Marc Marquez instead battled his way to a surprise fourth by the final corner of the Thai MotoGP Sprint.
Marc Marquez suffered an unusual incident as he pulled off track behind Jorge Martin at the midway stage of Friday afternoon’s practice for the Thai MotoGP.
Marc Marquez was the only rider to risk the soft rear tyre at the Australian MotoGP last season and got within 0.186s of what would have been his only victory of the year.
Despite achieving his only MotoGP podium of last season at Phillip Island, where he finished in the wheeltracks of race winner Alex Rins, Marc Marquez has ‘zero expectations’ ahead of his return to Australia.
Having negotiated an early exit from Honda, eight-time world champion Marc Marquez has been confirmed as a satellite Gresini Ducati MotoGP rider for 2024.
Joan Mir recognises that Honda’s decision to replace technical boss Shinichi Kokubu at its struggling MotoGP project is a big move for a Japanese company.
Marc Marquez acknowledges that Honda’s decision to reassign its top MotoGP technical boss, Shinichi Kokubu, shows that they are taking ‘big decisions’ and ‘reacting’ to their current woes.