Stefan Bradl will be at the Grand Prix at Portimao this weekend in place of Marc Marquez who was rested as a precaution after a fall while riding motocross. Victim of a concussion, the eight-time World Champion saw his good streak for four races come to a sudden end. The question now is whether we will see him again by the end of the season…
Marc Marquez complained of discomfort several days after his fall, and that's why he and the team Repsol Honda decided not to start Portimao. It will be replaced by Stefan bradl who will make his fifth appearance in the race this season. The German had already been called up to replace Marquez at the two Qatar Grands Prix, at Jerez and at the first race at Misano, where the Bavarian was in action as a wild card.
Bradl scored points every time. The 12th and 14th places in Jerez and Misano, followed by the eleventh and 14th places in Losail attest to this. The 2 Moto2011 World Champion has very good memories of Portimao: he finished seventh in the season finale MotoGP last year.
« First of all, of course, I hope Marc recovers quickly and is back on the track“, said the test pilot Honda in the HRC press release. “ But I can't wait to be able to ride in Portimao again. The track is a lot of fun and I got a good result here at the end of 2020. It's never easy to jump on the bike like that, but I've already spent a lot of time on it this year during the weekends. end of race and during tests ».
We still don't know if Bradl will also compete in the season finale in Valencia for Repsol Honda. The last Grand Prix of the year follows the weekend after the Algarve in Portimao. Marc Marquez so doesn't have much recovery time.
