MotoGP – A difficult start to the season for Alex Marquez

Last year, in the absence of his brother Marc, who injured his arm during the Spanish GP, Alex Marquez was the Honda representative who stood out the most. Crowned in Moto2 in 2019 then hastily promoted to the premier category in place of Jorge Lorenzo in the Honda Repsol team, the Catalan was consistent throughout the season, even if it was not a foregone conclusion. on a motorcycle known to be difficult, especially for beginners. However, he managed to offer the Japanese manufacturer its only two podiums of the year by finishing second in Aragon and then in France. Although he did not end the season with the status of best Honda rider, he nevertheless made his mark and won the handlebars of an official RC213V even by joining the ranks of the LCR team, the factory's satellite structure. Japanese.

A saving truce

But the start of the 2021 season has not been easy since the Spaniard has four blank results, already double his rookie year, and a sixth place as best result at the French GP. In terms of falls, it's not better: Marquez made mistakes 10 times, four fewer than last year.

In his defense, he had to discover four new routes riding a MotoGP (Losail, Mugello, Sachsenring and Assen, circuits absent from the calendar last year. “We will now all be able to benefit from the summer break, he confided after the Dutch GP. And it should prove beneficial for the team and myself to take a little rest, recharge our batteries and establish a very specific work plan in order to perform better during the second part of the championship. We should be able to do it and we will be ready. » When he returns from vacation, Marquez will find the Red Bull Ring, circuit on which he finished 14th and 16th last year.