A dramatic first Grand Prix weekend of the year concluded with Joan Mir recovering to 11th place. An apologetic Marc Marquez was left to lament his mistake which took out home hero Miguel Oliveira. Joan Mir approached Sunday's 25-lap Portuguese Grand Prix wi View this email in your browser   Race Report Sunday, Mar 26th 2023   Grande Premio de Portugal MotoGP 2023   Round 1 Mir collects valuable experience as Marquez apologises for his mistake A dramatic first Grand Prix weekend of the year concluded with Joan Mir recovering to 11th place. An apologetic Marc Marquez was left to lament his mistake which took out home hero Miguel Oliveira. Joan Mir approached Sunday's 25-lap Portuguese Grand Prix with an open mind, aiming to gather as much data as possible after his efforts on Saturday were cut short. A solid start saw the #36 maintain his grid position as the field settled into their early rhythm in Portugal. After serving his long-lap penalty for his contact with Quartararo the day before, Mir rejoined in 15th and was able to progress through the field to finally cross the line in 11th. His first points as a Repsol Honda Team rider, Mir is satisfied with the information he and the team were able to gather as there are now clear areas to work on in the coming races. From pole position, Marc Marquez did his best to stay with the front group. Unfortunately at the start of the third lap, Marquez made a mistake and locked the front – releasing the brakes to avoid contact with Jorge Martin. This resulted in Marquez colliding with Miguel Oliveira, ending both of their races. Marquez immediately apologised to the RNF Team before heading to the medical centre to check the condition of Oliveira and his own injuries. Marquez was diagnosed with a potential fracture in the first metacarpal of the right hand and will travel to Spain to assess the injury further. He also received a double long-lap penalty for the Argentina GP. The MotoGP World Championship will now head directly for Termas de Rio Hondo for the second round of the 2023 season. Joan Mir  36 11th  "The crash from yesterday impacted today a lot, not just because of the long lap penalty. If I was able to finish the Sprint race I would have had a lot more understanding of the bike because today's race was the first time I was able to do more than ten laps in a row on the Honda. This meant I spent a lot of today learning, so from this side today was a positive because I understood more. I still need more time to improve how I am riding and how the bike is behaving, especially to get the most out of the tyre over the race. With a bit more knowledge we could have made a very good race, but I am happy to have the experience now." Marc Marquez  93 DNF  "First of all I want to say that I am very sorry to Oliveira, his team and the Portuguese fans because it was his race. I did a really big mistake today, of course it was not my intention to have this happen, my intention was not even to overtake Martin at that point, but I had a massive lock with the front. Maybe the hard front was not fully up to temperature, I released the brakes and the bike went inside. I avoided Martin but made contact with Oliveira. I straight away went over to Miguel and then in the medical centre I went to check on him – fortunately it looks like he is OK and this is the most important thing. On my side I have some pain in my right hand and with my knee but this is not so important at the minute. I fully accept and respect the penalty of the double long-lap during the Argentina GP because I did a mistake." Portuguese Grand Prix Results Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 41'25.401 2 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 20 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0.687 3 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 16 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 2.726 4 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 13 Pramac Racing Ducati 8.060 5 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 11 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 8.125 6 Binder Brad 33 RSA 10 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8.247 7 Miller Jack 43 AUS 9 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8.381 8 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 8.543 9 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 7 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 9.294 10 Rins Alex 42 SPA 6 LCR Honda Honda 11.591 11 Mir Joan 36 SPA 5 Repsol Honda Team Honda 16.992 12 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 4 LCR Honda Honda 17.448 13 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 3 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 21.723 14 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27.050 15 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA DNF RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia DNF 16 Marini Luca 10 ITA DNF Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF 17 Martin Jorge 89 SPA DNF Pramac Racing Ducati DNF 18 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA DNF Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati DNF 19 Marquez Marc 93 SPA DNF Repsol Honda Team Honda DNF 20 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR DNF RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 37 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 25 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 3 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 16 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 4 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 15 Pramac Racing Ducati 5 Miller Jack 43 AUS 15 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 6 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 12 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 7 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 11 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 8 Binder Brad 33 RSA 10 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 9 Pramac Racing Ducati 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 7 Repsol Honda Team Honda 12 Rins Alex 42 SPA 6 LCR Honda Honda 13 Mir Joan 36 SPA 5 Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 4 LCR Honda Honda 15 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 3 RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 16 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 3 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 17 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 37 2 Aprilia Racing 36 3 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 25 4 Pramac Racing 24 5 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 16 6 Repsol Honda Team 12 7 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP 12 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 10 9 LCR Honda 10 10 RNF MotoGP Team 3 11 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing 3 Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati 37 2 Aprilia 25 3 KTM 16 4 Honda 13 5 Yamaha 8 Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information The Autodromo Internacional do Algarve has 15 corners – nine right, six left. The undulation in Portimao is incredible and the front straight will allow the MotoGP™ riders to really stretch the legs of their machines, before a unique downhill descend into Turn 1. There’s a reason it gets called… read more. Length 4.592 km Width 14m Left Corners 6 Right Corners 9 Longest Straight 969 m Constructed 2008 Circuit Records Pole Position 1'37.226 (170.0Km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2023) Race Lap 1'38.872 (167.1Km/h) Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia, 2023) Race Time 41'24.401 (166.2km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2023) 2023 Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) You are receiving this email because you have registered your interest with Honda Racing CorporationIf you no longer want to receive emails from Repsol Honda Team - MotoGP, please click here to unsubscribe .