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Tito Rabat to replace Jorge Martin at Spanish MotoGP
Tito Rabat will make his MotoGP return in place of the injured Jorge Martin next weekend at Jerez.
Video: Marc Marquez, Pol Espargaro review first weekend as team-mates
Marc Marquez on Portimao MotoGP; 'One thing is what you want to do, and logically I want to win races and fight for victories, but another is to be realistic'
Pedro Acosta: I thought okay, I have to overtake here
16 year-old Moto3 rookie Pedro Acosta takes second win of the 2021 season; has 31 point lead after only three races.
Lowes loses championship lead with Portimao crash, fifth for Fernandez
Contrasting weekend for the Elf Marc VDS team as Sam Lowes loses the Moto2 championship lead, while Augusto Fernandez secured a season best finish of fifth.
Tetsuhiro Kuwata: It’s been a special weekend for Honda to see Marc return
‘We were so excited to see Marc [Marquez] for the first time this year’ - HRC Director Tetsuhiro Kuwata; following the eight-time world champion’s seventh place finish on MotoGP return.
Aron Canet: It is one of the happiest days of my life
Aron Canet secures maiden Moto2 podium with second place at Portimao.
KTM struggling with ‘softer compound’, front will ‘disappear on you’ - Binder
Brad Binder scores first top five MotoGP finish since Valencia last season, but front end issues remain key problem; ‘You cannot just brake super-hard and throw it in because it does just disappear on you’.
Joan Mir: I felt a hit but didn’t know it was Marquez
MotoGP champions Joan Mir and Marc Marquez make contact twice in the space of a few corners in the Portimao race; 'If you start ninth, it's like this.'
Aleix Espargaro matches Aprilia best, 'podium this year'
Aleix Espargaro matches the best MotoGP result for the Aprilia RS-GP; 'We are still not perfect to fight for victories and podiums, but we are very close… I think this year we will finish on the podium, 100%.'
Vinales: 'Not normal what I was feeling on the bike'
Maverick Vinales drops from victory contender in Qatar to last place in the early stages of the Portimao MotoGP race; 'All weekend we were struggling, we didn't find out why'.
Suzuki confirms its MotoGP future until at least 2026
Suzuki confirms it will remain in MotoGP until at least 2026.
Jack Miller 'in the trenches' after 'costly mistake'
'It was one of those where you slide along going, 'what just happened?'' Jack Miller 'in the trenches' after crashing out of the Portimao MotoGP.
‘I couldn’t pass Marini', setup needs ‘to improve’ - Petrucci
Danilo Petrucci scores his first and Tech 3 KTM’s first points of the 2021 MotoGP season at Portimao.
Valentino Rossi: 'Decent race, strange to pass Luca… then I lost the front'
'Decent' race comes to an early end as Valentino Rossi falls shortly after passing brother Luca Marini in the Portimao MotoGP; 'It's a strange feeling overtaking a VR46 bike, but especially overtaking my brother!'
Unique MotoGP, Formula 1 tribute to Fausto Gresini
Two and four-wheel grand prix racing comes together in memory of motorcycle world champion and MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini.
‘Physically tough’ race for Nakagami, ‘struggled to hold on under braking’
‘I struggled to hold on to the bike under braking’ says Takaaki Nakagami, who put in a heroic effort during the Portimao MotoGP race to come home tenth after being in considerable pain following Friday’s big turn one crash.
One downshift too many sends Johann Zarco sliding out
'That helped me not be too disappointed, to understand why I crashed' - Johann Zarco slides out of the podium fight in the Portimao MotoGP.
‘A sad finish to our home GP’, crash ‘not in our dreams’ - Oliveira
Miguel Oliveira crashes out of home MotoGP Grand Prix in Portimao; says ‘we overheated the front tyre, got more movement than expected’.
Portugal MotoGP: Brad Binder: I was really, really on the limit
‘I’m happy with the progress we made in the race. It was really good to crack a top five’ - Brad Binder. KTM rider goes from 15th on the grid to claim KTM’s first top five finish of the 2021 MotoGP season at Portimao.
‘Was a great race, I had fun’ says Franco Morbidelli
Franco Morbidelli just misses out on a first MotoGP podium of 2021 at Portimao. ‘It was a great race and I had fun fighting’, says Petronas Yamaha rider.
Rins falls chasing Quartararo: 'I did nothing wrong'
Alex Rins takes the fight to Fabio Quartararo for victory in the Portimao MotoGP, but ends up empty handed.
‘He's (Marc) a bastard, beat me in the first race!’ jokes Alex Marquez
Alex Marquez claims first points finish of the 2021 MotoGP season at Portimao; Jokes that brother Marc Marquez is ‘a bastard’ for finishing ahead on his MotoGP return.
Mir not thinking ‘about the championship’, taking it race-by-race
Joan Mir claims Suzuki’s first podium of the 2021 MotoGP campaign after intense battle with Ducatis in Portimao.
Francesco Bagnaia: We lost yesterday the possibility to try and win
Francesco Bagnaia improves to second in the MotoGP World Championship standings following an impressive ride from 11th to the podium in Portimao; laments yesterday’s qualifying session and says second was ‘the maximum’ he could manage today.