HRC test rider Stefan Bradl, called-up to replace the injured Alex Rins at this weekend’s Dutch MotoGP, ‘cannot give riding advice’ to eight-time world champion Marc Marquez.
Stefan Bradl wasn’t able to say much about Honda’s private MotoGP testing activities at Jerez earlier this week, but he did pour cold water on one rumour.
Stefan Bradl will replace the injured Marc Marquez at this weekend’s MotoGP of the Americas at COTA, while Joan Mir is looking to complete a full weekend after missing out on the Grand Prix in Argentina.
Stefan Bradl admits a return to WorldSBK is unlikely and that it would take a very good opportunity to prise him away from his role as Repsol Honda’s MotoGP test rider.
Marc Marquez and Repsol Honda test rider Stefan Bradl detail the challenges of being a test rider in MotoGP, a role that has been much more than that for Bradl in recent times.
Marc Marquez “suppressed a lot” by frequently crashing while desperately pushing his Honda bike to its limits but he only has “two or three good years left”, says Stefan Bradl.
Repsol Honda MotoGP test rider Stefan Bradl has revealed that moving to WorldSBK in 2017 was one of his biggest ‘mistakes in life’, while also recalling his early thoughts about Marc Marquez.
Disappointed not to get Marc Marquez’s development parts for the Catalunya MotoGP race weekend, Pol Espargaro tried new chassis, swingarm, aero and more at the post-race test.
Despite a crash in FP4, Pol Espargaro secured his fourth top six MotoGP qualifying result since Silverstone after finishing fifth at Portimao; ‘Today showed the progress we have made this year with the bike, with me and with the team’.
With Marc Marquez ruled out of this weekend’s Algarve MotoGP due to suffering a concussion in a training accident, Repsol Honda test rider Stefan Bradl will instead replace the eight-time world champion.