Press Release | Repsol Honda Team end difficult Mugello weekend

 

Repsol Honda Team end difficult Mugello weekend

 

MotoGP 2021 Round 6, Gran Premio d’Italia

Italy, May 31, 2021: The Italian Grand Prix was overshadowed by the heartbreaking news of Jason Dupasquier’s passing. The Repsol Honda Team and HRC would like to extend their deepest condolences to Jason’s family, friends and team at this difficult time.

Pol Espargaro took the 12th place finish in Mugello, concluding an overall difficult weekend for himself and the team. Damage during the early stages to the aerodynamics of Espargaro’s Honda RC213V compromised the performance and stability of the bike and his race.

Unfortunately, after a promising start, Marc Marquez’s race lasted just over a lap as he fell at turn three on lap two. Marquez walked away unharmed in the fall.

Round seven follows immediately, the paddock heading to Barcelona for the Catalan GP next week, June 03 – 06. A home race for both Pol Espargaro and Marc Marquez, the Repsol Honda Team will continue to give their utmost to deliver what both riders need for success.

 

Pol Espargaro (12^th)

“Today our results are not the focus, the most important thing is thinking of Jason and his family. Today we all had him in our hearts and minds when we raced. My race was difficult today, the start was ok and I was behind Taka. Then something happened with the wing and I lost it, which made it very complicated. I was losing a lot of aerodynamics, changing direction was very hard and the bike was not behaving. This happened on lap four or five so it was difficult. We will keep working in Barcelona.”

 

Marc Marquez (DNF)

“It has been a very hard weekend for MotoGP, we have lost a young talent, a young rider inside the paddock. This situation is very hard for everyone, and we wish everyone close to Jason all the best. Unfortunately, we finished the race much earlier than we were expecting and it was really not a good situation because I need laps on the bike. I had contact with Brad Binder, it was a racing incident, and this happens many times here at this track. I thought that Binder was further back and in the change of direction, we touched, it was my mistake. Luckily no one else fell. Now we prepare for Catalunya after this difficult weekend for the MotoGP family.”

 

 

Italian GP Results

 

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	QUARTARARO Fabio	20	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	41'16.344
2	OLIVEIRA Miguel	88	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	2.592
3	MIR Joan	36	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	3.000
4	ZARCO Johann	5	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	3.535
5	BINDER Brad	33	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	4.903
6	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	6.233
7	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	8.030
8	VINALES Maverick	12	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	17.239
9	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	23.296
10	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	25.146
11	LECUONA Iker	27	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25.152
12	ESPARGARO POL	44	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26.059
13	PIRRO MICHELE	51	ITA	PRAMAC RACING	DUCATI	26.182
14	MARQUEZ Alex	73	SPA	LCR Honda	Honda	29.400
15	SAVADORI Lorenzo	32	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	32.378
16	MORBIDELLI Franco	21	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	37.906
17	MARINI Luca	10	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	50.306
18	NAKAGAMI Takaaki	30	JPN	LCR Honda	Honda	DNF
19	RINS Alex	42	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	DNF
20	BAGNAIA Francesco	63	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	DNF
21	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	DNF
22	BASTIANINI Enea	23	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	DNF

 

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