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The duo come to Indonesia carrying collarbone injuries, with Marini missing the Indian and Japanese GPs with his while Bezzecchi suffered a fracture in a training incident last Saturday. Bezzecchi only arrived in Indonesia on Friday to be cleared to race having had surgery last Sunday, and went on to finish third in the sprint while Marini was second from a maiden pole. Honda rider Marc Marquez branded the pair “superheroes” for what they achieved. “It’s difficult to evaluate, because it’s not the first time we see a rider with a collarbone operated on a few days [ago] whose level is amazing,” Marquez said. “So, when you do this kind of thing you can be a superhero or in case you crash and destroy it again, then there will be big trouble. “So, it’s always that line: superhero or stupid. Today they were superheroes and amazing. “It was amazing the way that they ride to be on the podium. Of course, it’s not only the bike. When some riders are doing ...

After the four Hondas occupied the final four spots on the timesheets at the end of Friday’s running in Barcelona, Marquez offered a moment of relief as he managed to get into Q2. The eight-time world champion shadowed KTM’s Jack Miller as a reference to produce a time good enough for second, though he later admitted that after that “real lap” he didn’t want to com Pet e in Q2 as he knew 12th was all he could manage. That proved to be the case, as he went seven tenths slower in Q2 than he managed in the first segment of qualifying, going from 1m39.070s to a 1m39.7s. And after a fighting early few laps in the sprint in which he was as high as seventh, he faded to 11th and 11.8 seconds off winner Aleix Espargaro. Read Also: MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro defeats Bagnaia in sprint, Quartararo 18th Marquez felt like it was a “good day” which was “strange to say” for him given the results, and noted that moments like Q1 and the early laps of the sprint...

Listen to this article Bagnaia spent much of the Q2 session in Texas battling with Gresini Ducati counterpart Marquez, with the pair setting identical 2m02.242s laps with around eight minutes left on the clock. As both began their final run, Marquez followed Bagnaia out of pitlane, which prompted the latter to stop in order to prevent the Spaniard from using him as a reference. Bagnaia ultimately began the first lap of his second run with Marquez in tow, but backed out of it to set up a final tour that would see him produce a 2m01.892s to claim his first pole of 2023. Marquez crashed on his last flying lap and will line up fourth, but displayed strong race pace in practice, with Bagnaia expecting the Gresini rider to be his biggest rival in this afternoon’s 10-lap sprint . “I feel great ,” Bagnaia said in parc ferme. “We worked so well, I’m happy for what we have done. From FP...