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Repsol Honda Crew again to full energy for MotoGP season restart in Silverstone
After 5 weeks away, the MotoGP World Championship resumes and begins an intense second half of the 12 months on the historic Silverstone Circuit, Joan Mir again alongside Marc Marquez within the Repsol Honda Crew.
At 5.9 kilometers lengthy, Silverstone isn’t solely one of many oldest circuits on the MotoGP calendar but additionally the longest. First utilized in 1947, the British monitor has undergone various modifications earlier than arriving at its present 18-corner format. A mixture of lengthy straights, quick corners and tight and technical sections routinely produces shut racing however 2023 sees a brand new problem added because the MotoGP paddock returns to utilizing ‘The Wing’ and modifications the beginning – end line to the Hamilton Straight versus the Nationwide Pit Straight from the previous couple of visits.
The second half of the season is about to be an intense affair because the races come thick and quick, Marc Marquez taking full benefit of the break to organize himself. Silverstone is what awaits this weekend, a circuit that has seen the #93 take three podiums – together with a win in 2014. This 12 months’s British Grand Prix will probably be about constructing and establishing development for the second half of the 12 months and past.
It is going to be a welcome return to motion for Joan Mir as he’s reunited with the Repsol Honda Crew after an damage in Mugello. Now absolutely recovered, the #36 is absolutely motivated to proceed working and enhancing with the crew. Mir’s finest end at Silverstone is a ninth place within the premier class, achieved in 2021 on his option to third within the World Championship.
The whole thing of the Repsol Honda Crew is keen to return to the monitor and resume the exhausting work they’ve deliberate. Sunday’s race will happen at 13:00 Native Time, forward of the Moto2 race as is common for the British GP.
Marc Marquez
“Now we have loved an necessary Summer time Break, an opportunity to reset and recuperate after a demanding begin to the 12 months. From the bodily and psychological aspect, I come again to the monitor refreshed and able to work. I’m wanting ahead to seeing everybody within the Repsol Honda Crew once more and understanding the work that has been completed over the break. Silverstone is a circuit the place I’ve had a whole lot of good battles up to now. A very powerful is to get again on the bike, get again to working and attempt to enhance on how the primary half of the 12 months has been.”
Joan Mir
“Our break was a bit longer than everybody else’s, however I’m now absolutely recovered from the damage I suffered in Mugello. I’ve been again coaching and using completely different sorts of bikes like regular for a number of weeks now so I’m feeling good bodily. The aim for the weekend is to profit from each session and get again into the mindset of MotoGP and racing after so many weeks away. It is going to be nice to see everybody once more and get again on the Honda RC213V.”
