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Marquez Tops Czech MotoGP Practice as Martin Returns
BRNO-CITY DISTRICT, SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION, JUL 18 – Marc Marquez overcame wet conditions and technical issues to top Friday practice at Brno while Jorge Martin returned from injury to secure a direct Q2 spot in fifth place.
- On Friday at the Automotodrom Brno, Marc Marquez dominated Practice by topping Free Practice One and Practice sessions.
- Adverse weather conditions made for a difficult Friday afternoon Practice session, with a heavy downpour causing a 20-minute delay.
- Marquez overcame technical issues and a cancelled lap, he clocked 1min 54.606sec on a rainy Friday morning, coming within one hundredth of his 2016 lap record.
- Johann Zarco finished second, 0.469 seconds behind Marquez, with Fabio Quartararo securing third on the timesheets.
- Ahead of Saturday's qualifying and Sunday's race, he leads the world championship standings on 344 points after 11 of 22 races.
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Motorcycling-Emotional Martin happy to be back competing after injury setbacks
(Reuters) -Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin said he was glad to be back on the race track at the Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix after missing 10 of the 11 rounds because of injuries. Read full story
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Jorge Martin’s Triumphant Return to MotoGP: A Comeback Story Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin has made a remarkable return to the race track at the Czech Republic Grand Prix following a prolonged absence due to injuries. The 27-year-old Spaniard was sidelined for much of the season after sustaining wrist and ankle injuries during a pre-season crash. A subsequent crash in Qatar further complicated his recovery process by causing a collapsed …
Fermín Aldeguer Mengual (La Ñora, Murcia; 20 years old), the umpteenth pearl of the Spanish motorcycling in reaching MotoGP, faces this weekend in Brno one of the biggest challenges of its premiere season in the category queen. In the return of the Czech route to the grill after five courses of absence, he was one of the few pilots without any experience in track. On a Friday complicated by the rain, the young rider of the Gresini Ducati team co…
A week after the GP of Germany, the riders found themselves in the Czech Republic for the sprint race on Saturday 19 July.
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