Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez increases his points lead, taking hard-fought 2nd in Austria; Dani Pedrosa takes 7th place

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 12, 2018

Today Marc Marquez scored a hard-fought second place at a sunny Red Bull Ring, sharing the podium with race-winner Jorge Lorenzo and third-place rider Andrea Dovizioso. Marc ultimately missed the win by only 0.130”, and definitely not for lack of trying. After taking the lead on the second lap, he... Read more

Marc Marquez grabs a brilliant pole at the Red Bull Ring, Dani Pedrosa on third row

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 11, 2018

First in this morning’s damp FP3 session, first in this afternoon’s dry FP4 session, Marc Marquez concluded an extremely positive Saturday at the Red Bull Ring by taking his 49th MotoGP pole, the 77th of his career. It was not an easy affair for Marc. He had to fight tooth... Read more

Marc Marquez celebrates his 100th MotoGP race on Brno podium, Dani Pedrosa in eighth place

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 5, 2018

At the Czech GP, Marc Marquez celebrated from the third step of the podium the special milestone of 100 MotoGP races, showing once again the reasons behind the impressive numbers of his still relatively short Premier Class career. His 71st MotoGP podium out of 100 starts (71%) was the best... Read more

Front row start for Marc Marquez at Brno, Dani Pedrosa 10th

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 4, 2018

On another hot and sunny day at Brno, with asphalt temperatures reaching 50° C at the time of the qualifying session, Marc Marquez secured a very important front-row start, setting the third-fastest time of the day, just 0.272” down on pole-setter Andrea Dovizioso and 0.05” off Valentino Rossi in... Read more

Marc Marquez once again rules at the ’Ring, Dani Pedrosa places eighth

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News July 15, 2018

Marc Marquez perfectly mastered a tactical race to take a stellar ninth straight win at the Sachsenring, after starting from pole position. The reigning World Champion saved his tyres while following Danilo Petrucci and Jorge Lorenzo in the early phases, took the lead on lap 13 when he decided it... Read more

Marc Marquez does it again: ninth consecutive pole at Sachsenring, Dani Pedrosa improves to 10th

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News July 14, 2018

Qualifying day of the German GP followed one of Marc Marquez’s classic patterns. The reigning World Champion dedicated the FP3 and FP4 sessions to finalizing his bike’s setup in order to understand the tyre feedback and to test the limits to which he could push himself and his RC213V. With... Read more

Career pole number 75 for Marc Marquez in Assen, tough qualifying for Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News June 30, 2018

So close was today’s qualifying session in Assen that the riders on the front row ended up within just 0.059”, whilst the top-10 were split by less than 4 tenths of a second. Well aware of how tight things were going to be today, and will be tomorrow, Marc Marquez... Read more

Marc Marquez scores important podium in Catalunya with Dani Pedrosa in fifth

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News June 17, 2018

Today, Marc Marquez took an important second-place finish in Catalunya, which enabled him to extend his Championship lead to 27 points over runner-up Valentino Rossi. With a great start, Marc got into and through the first turn ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who passed him on the following lap. Marc who,... Read more

Front row start for Marc Marquez in Catalunya, Dani Pedrosa qualifies 11th

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News June 16, 2018

Today, Marc Marquez provided his fans with great excitement (and possibly a few scares) during qualifying day for his home GP. In the morning, the young Spaniard lost the front while on a flying lap in the FP3 session, finishing in 11th place and missing out on a direct passage... Read more

Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez tackle first day of the Catalan Grand Prix

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News June 15, 2018

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa began their preparations for the Catalan Grand Prix on a sunny opening day at the newly resurfaced Montmelo Circuit, which has a revised layout. Dani set the 12th fastest lap time in the FP1 session and the eighth fastest in FP2, wrapping up the... Read more