It's a subject of humor, but in fact it hid a real cause for concern: for the Barcelona deadline this weekend, the Honda clan no longer had enough drivers to present. Marc Marquez is convalescing, as is Cal Crutchlow, while a nerve in his arm paralyzed Stefan Bradl. Only Nakagami and Alex Marquez remained valid. Conductor Alberto Puig then commented that he might have to go himself. Fortunately, the German is better…
It may not be the best form, but the main thing is there: Stefan bradl will hold its place, this weekend, in Catalonia, on the RC213V Repsol Honda. His package to Misano 2 will have been useful to him for an arm worn out by so many freelances instead of Marc Marquez. The infernal sequence of meetings is merciless for non-starting drivers.
Thus, between the two Misano Grand Prix, Stefan bradl had a small operation on his right arm because the “ulnar nerve” was giving him problems and causing numbness in his little and ring fingers. The HRC replacement then returned to the Grand Prix circuit on the Adriatic coast, but together with the team he decided after FP1 to skip the Emilia-Romagna meeting.
Soon 100 Grand Prix
But the former 2 Moto2011 World Champion will be there and as a result, he will soon be able to claim 100 Grand Prix in MotoGP… “ My arm is much better, it was a difficult decision not to race in Misano, but it was the best for me and everyone else »Comments Bradl.
« Now, after a week of rest, I feel good and am motivated to come back. I've already had good results in Barcelona with the Honda, but we have to see where we are this year. Alex and Taka both had very good tests and races at Misano, I'm looking forward to helping them and enabling HRC to continue to improve ».
In terms of improvement, we will recall thatAlex Marquez finished seventh at Misano 2, his best result to date in what is his first year at this level of the competition. On this occasion, he had maintained the comparison with Takaaki Nakagami which allows the Honda house to not collapse this season…
