Repsol Honda Team ready for Red Bull Ring redemption

MotoGP 2021 Round 11, Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich

 

Austria, August 12, 2021: The Styrian GP had the pieces of a strong weekend, but a disrupted Sunday meant the Repsol Honda Team were left unsatisfied, a second weekend in Austria now presents a chance to put those back pieces together.

 

The MotoGP World Championship is back at the Red Bull Ring in Austria for Round 11 of the season with the second double-header of the year. Until Sunday afternoon, the Styrian Grand Prix had been progressing well for the Repsol Honda Team with both Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro showing speed in the wet and the dry, this fact is motivating the team as they prepare to do it all again at the Austrian GP.

Marc Marquez returns to the circuit knowing that he had certainly shown the speed to battle for top positions and will be aiming to further refine the setup of his Honda RC213V to again challenge the front runners. The first race start saw Marquez battling inside the top five and looking confident, it’s this speed that Marquez and his team are aiming to have again on Sunday. Marquez currently sits tenth in the World Championship with 58 points.

Pol Espargaro’s main objective for the weekend is to solve the lack of traction he experienced during the first race. Solid race pace and speed in the wet during practice demonstrated that the #44 has more to offer than his results last Sunday showed. With 41 points, Espargaro is currently 14th overall in the championship standings.

The Repsol Honda Team will be back on track at 09:55 Local Time on Friday for Free Practice 1.

Marc Marquez

“We are back again in Austria and it’s the first time I will be racing at the same circuit two weekends in a row, so this will be interesting. Honestly speaking I don’t think it will change too much but we start from a very good base. Last weekend was good, apart from the restart on Sunday. I am confident we can do another good weekend.”

Pol Espargaro

“For this second weekend we need to improve. It was a really difficult weekend last time so we need to try something new to improve our situation because it’s not what should happen when you wear these colours. I know that if we can improve the rear grip that we can fight and keep improving. The important thing now is to keep focused and keep working.”

 

 

MotoGP 2021 Wednesday, August 11^th 2021

 

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	QUARTARARO Fabio	20	FRA	172	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
2	ZARCO Johann	5	FRA	132	Pramac Racing	Ducati
3	MIR Joan	36	SPA	121	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
4	BAGNAIA Francesco	63	ITA	114	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati
5	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	100	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati
6	VINALES Maverick	12	SPA	95	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
7	OLIVEIRA Miguel	88	POR	85	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
8	BINDER Brad	33	RSA	73	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
9	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	61	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia
10	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	58	Repsol Honda Team	Honda
11	NAKAGAMI Takaaki	30	JPN	52	LCR Honda	Honda
12	MARTIN Jorge	89	SPA	48	Pramac Racing	Ducati
13	RINS Alex	42	SPA	42	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
14	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	41	Repsol Honda Team	Honda
15	MORBIDELLI Franco	21	ITA	40	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha
16	MARQUEZ Alex	73	SPA	34	LCR Honda	Honda
17	BASTIANINI Enea	23	ITA	31	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati
18	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	26	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM
19	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	20	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha
20	MARINI Luca	10	ITA	16	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati
21	LECUONA Iker	27	SPA	14	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM
22	BRADL Stefan	6	GER	11	Team HRC	Honda
23	PEDROSA Dani	26	SPA	6	KTM Test Team	KTM
24	SAVADORI Lorenzo	32	ITA	4	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia
25	PIRRO Michele	51	ITA	3	Pramac Racing	Ducati
26	RABAT Tito	53	SPA	1	Pramac Racing	Ducati

 

 

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