The historic Le Mans circuit today played host to the opening free practice sessions for the French Grand Prix, with Marc Márquez occupying fifth place on the timesheets. The Repsol rider undertook 39 laps over the course of the two sessions, stopping the clock at 1’38.486 and ending the day 6 tenths off leader Scott [...]
After increasing his lead with another victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Repsol rider Marc Márquez arrives in France with the desire to continue his successful run and motivated by the strong boost going into race four of the campaign. Marc Márquez heads to France leading by nine points. The Spaniard has managed to regain [...]
Hi everyone! It’s a pleasure to get down to writing the blog after such a successful weekend as the one in Portugal. The truth of the matter is that victory in Estoril has been the icing on the cake in two fantastic and very intense races. Before anything else, I would like to express my [...]
Excitement levels couldn’t have been higher in the opening race of the 2012 Portuguese Grand Prix. Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró were embroiled in a thrilling duel in the Moto2 contest, which went right down to the final lap. Espargaró made continual attacks at his rival in the latter stages of the race, but Márquez [...]
Second in both of yesterday’s practice sessions in Estoril, Marc Márquez took an all-important step forward on Saturday and topped the timesheet in FP3 and qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix —claiming his second pole position in seven days. The poleman at the Circuito de Jerez last weekend, Márquez will be at the head of [...]
Moto2 World Championship leader Marc Márquez started strong at round three of the season, which takes place this weekend at the Autódromo de Estoril. The Repsol rider, who placed second in last weekend’s race in Spain, was fast from the beginning in Portugal and was second fastest overall on day one, just behind Scott Redding. [...]
Fresh from competing this past weekend in the Spanish Grand Prix, the paddock moves on at full speed to Estoril, for this Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The Portuguese track will welcome the Repsol riders from all three categories for their latest challenge, with Marc Márquez’ Moto2 rostrum, great results from the second round of the [...]
Rain at the Circuito de Jerez brought the Moto2 Spanish Grand Prix to a premature end, after 18 laps had been contested. Repsol rider Marc Márquez was leading the race when the red flag was shown, but the win was given to Pol Espargaró as the race results were decided based on the last full [...]
The Circuito de Jerez today saw the first pole of the season for Marc Márquez in the Moto2 category. The Repsol rider made the most of the first dry session of the weekend to take the top spot and become the rider with the most Moto2 poles in the class —with eight to his name. [...]