The Repsol Honda Team rider finishes fifteenth, despite starting from last on the grid, to continue his point-scoring run. Stefan Bradl places eighteenth.
Repsol Honda Team rookie Álex Márquez staged a comeback from last on the grid to the points-scoring positions, finishing in 15th. With this result, Márquez has managed to score at every round so far in his first season in MotoGP.
Stand-in teammate Stefan Bradl started the Czech Grand Prix from 20th, but managed to complete a difficult race in 18th.
In the overall standings, Álex Márquez is 13th, with 13 points, going into the Austrian GP next weekend. Stefan Bradl will join the Repsol Honda Team again at this Grand Prix as World Champion Marc Marquez continues to recover from surgery.
Álex Márquez
“It was a tough day; I was expecting a lot more from this weekend to be honest. Sometimes when you expect a little too much, you can find yourself here. But anyway, we’ve learned some new things as this was the first race with a lot of change in the tyre. I lost a lot of time overtaking Bradl and Smith, I really lost the race here. After this the pace wasn’t so bad and I have learned a lot about managing the tyre. Not the weekend we expected, but we learned more.”
Stefan Bradl
“It was a pretty tough day honestly. Jumping into a race weekend was always going to be tricky, so we made the most of what we could. In the race I didn’t really feel comfortable on the bike, but I was able to make a good start. On lap seven or eight I unfortunately made a mistake on the brakes into Turn 1 and I ran off. Then it was a race on my own and I did what I could. I’m looking forward to moving on to the next weekend. We have a whole weekend of data to understand the bike more, so let’s see what’s possible.”
