Marc Márquez gets on the handlebars of a MotoGP 100 days later

September 6, 2022

Marc Márquez got on the Honda RC213V 2022 on time, as planned by the team, at 9:45 a.m. this Tuesday morning, the same bike he got off 100 days ago after the Mugello race. In between, the Spanish rider has undergone a fourth operation on his right arm, a rehabilitation process, a lot of anxiety and uncertainty, and two tests on a street bike before finally returning to the MotoGP handlebars .

The Catalan rider made his first outing on the track with this year’s bike to get sensations and check that his arm responds with enough force to control a 300-horsepower beast.

In its first start, the 93 did 6 laps of the circuit with a best time of 1.33.561, making a second start with the same number of laps and lowering the time to 1.32.848, a total of a dozen laps in less than 40 minutes. since I first climbed into the orange prototype. The feeling is that everything seems to work correctly.

At the moment, Honda has shown only one unit of the 2023 RC213V prototype, a completely black motorcycle that has been, in this first hour of testing, in the hands of the tester Stefan Bradl, who in his first 18 laps has turned in 1.33.363. This new motorcycle will go to Márquez’s garage, it is understood, during the lunch break, which will be from one to two in the afternoon, to prepare it to suit the Spanish rider who, if everything continues as before, will go out with it for the afternoon to start giving the first indications.

He has also released a new 2023 KTM prototype, in the hands of Dani Pedrosa, who in his first 11 laps has lapped in 1.34.589.

Stefan Bradl, Honda RC213V 2023