The Repsol Honda Team rider finishes thirteenth on his first visit to the Red Bull Ring in MotoGP. Stefan Bradl places seventeenth.
In his fourth premier class Grand Prix, Álex Márquez took fourth consecutive points-scoring finish. The Repsol Honda Team rider made constant progress at the Austrian GP, which he finished in thirteenth. The race was interrupted by a red flag after a big crash involving several riders.
Repsol Honda stand-in teammate, Stefan Bradl, also managed to improve on his grid position, although he finished outside the points by just one second. The German placed seventeenth.
Álex Márquez is now 15th in the overall standings, and Stefan Bradl is 23rd. German rider’s participation in next week’s Styria GP is confirmed as Marc Marquez continues his recovery
Álex Márquez
“More points from the weekend is good, but the race wasn’t what we wanted. In the first race I had a good feeling and we made a good start so I was able to make up some positions but then the red flag came out. For the restart of the second race, I was strong on the start again, but the feeling wasn’t the same and I struggled to keep up because the feeling with the new tyres wasn’t the same. Again, I had a lot of front pushing with the new tyres. I’m looking forward to coming back again next week, in Jerez we improved a lot for the second race. It was a big crash between Zarco and Morbidelli, I hope everyone who fell today is OK. Whenever you see a crash like that you get very worried.”
Stefan Bradl
“It was a tough weekend for us, we didn’t have the speed we needed, we were hurt by the sessions that were wet or damp because we still needed to test a lot of parts. This limited our time to prepare for the race, so our situation was not as competitive as it could have been. Either way, we learned a lot from the weekend, and we’ll see what happens next weekend when I again get to ride for the Repsol Honda Team. Now it’s time to sit down and analyse the data. I hope that Morbidelli and those who had crashes today are OK. I arrived at the crash soon after and there were many parts flying everywhere, it was a scary moment. I didn’t see the crash itself, but seeing bikes destroyed like that is always a worry.”
