Will Marc Marquez be on track at Qatar in less than 10 days? It remains to be seen, but with a green light from his doctors to begin intensifying his training, Marquez is already testing his right arm (nearly dragging his right elbow – see the screenshot from the video above). Testing aboard the Honda superbike homoligation RC213V-S in Barcelona, Marquez appears to display good form (see the video below) despite not riding a motorcycle for nearly nine months, and undergoing multiple surgeries to repair his broken right arm. Check out the video below from HRC showing Marquez during his test.
In other news, newly retired Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso has agreed to test Aprilia’s MotoGP bike at Jerez in mid-April. Here is the press release from Aprilia, followed by the Honda video:
| Aprilia Racing and Andrea Dovizioso will be together on the track in Jerez from 12 through 14 April.
Andrea will conduct a test on the 2021 RS-GP that will race in the World MotoGP Championship and which, ridden in its début tests by Aleix Espargaró and Lorenzo Savadori, provided good sensations straight away. |
| MASSIMO RIVOLA – AD APRILIA RACING “It was a pleasure to invite Andrea. The days in Jerez will simply be a chance to get to know one another better, also on the track. It will not be a ‘trial matrimony’ but an opportunity to turn some laps together without any binding commitment for the future. We are well aware of all Andrea’s qualities and his contribution will be important, even for just one test.” |
| ANDREA DOVIZIOSO “I was pleased by Aprilia’s interest and when we spoke about the possibility of doing this test, I gladly accepted the invitation to be able to ride a MotoGP bike again and to stay in form, giving the engineers my feedback. I wish to thank Aprilia Racing for this opportunity.”
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