An incident-filled Sprint at the Red Bull Ring saw the Repsol Honda Team pair avoid major issues and collect valuable laps with HRC's new aerodynamics package. Aero work continued for Marc Marquez as he spent the day with the new package equipped on both his View this email in your browser   Sprint Race Report Saturday, Aug 19th 2023   Motorrad Grand Prix von Osterreich MotoGP 2023   Round 10 Marquez and Mir keep their cool to challenge for points in Austrian Sprint An incident-filled Sprint at the Red Bull Ring saw the Repsol Honda Team pair avoid major issues and collect valuable laps with HRC's new aerodynamics package. Aero work continued for Marc Marquez as he spent the day with the new package equipped on both his machines. Overnight work by the Repsol Honda Team and HRC engineers improved the #93's feeling. A tricky Q1 saw Marquez unable to improve on a 1'29.479, lining up in 18th place as a result. When the lights went out for the Saturday Sprint, there was drama as soon as the first corner as a number of riders made contact and fell. Marc Marquez avoided the incident as he focused on chasing down the top ten. Sitting just behind Morbidelli for much of the race, Marquez put up a spirited defence as Viñales worked to recover from earlier problems. Crossing the line in tenth, Marquez narrowly missed out on a return to the points scoring positions. After a trying Friday, Joan Mir was able to unlock more of his potential on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring. The #36 led the Honda RC213V riders in Qualifying, earning 16th on the grid, two spots ahead of his teammate and prepared for the 14-lap dash. A good initial launch would see Mir gain several places but falls ahead into Turn One would force him to sit up and quickly lose those positions. From here it was a case of recovery for the 2020 World Champion, eventually crossing the line in 12th place. Just over two seconds behind his Repsol Honda Team stablemate, Mir was pleased with the progress made so far in the weekend. Sunday's Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich is scheduled to start at 14:00 Local Time. The Repsol Honda Team once again head into the weekend's main event aiming to continue development work with an eye on the future. Marc Marquez  93 10th  "It was an interesting Sprint, when I tried the new aero yesterday I knew more or less what would happen in the Sprint – and it did happen. So it was good in a way to understand this new aero more. We've been working with a lot of different setups over the weekend, but we have a clear idea for what to do tomorrow. We benefitted a lot from the falls of others, we have to be honest. Without this we would have been in 15th position more or less. We keep on working and see what we can achieve in tomorrow's main race." Joan Mir  36 12th  "I think today we were able to make a step over what we have had. I had a bit of trouble in the first corner with the problems in front so I lost all the positions I made at the start. After this I settled into my race and I was able to recover many positions, keeping a similar pace for the riders fighting for fifth to tenth. This shows we have had some improvements and I was able to be faster, let's see what happens tomorrow. " Austrian GP - Sprint Race Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 12 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 21'01.844 2 Binder Brad 33 RSA 9 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2.056 3 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 7 Pramac Racing Ducati 5.045 4 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 6 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 8.252 5 Miller Jack 43 AUS 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11.365 6 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 4 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 11.816 7 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 3 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11.960 8 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 2 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11.984 9 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 13.634 10 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda 14.435 11 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 15.251 12 Mir Joan 36 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda 16.740 13 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 0 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 18.825 14 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 0 RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 19.536 15 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22.321 16 Lecuona Iker 27 SPA 0 LCR Honda Honda 25.593 17 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 0 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 25.789 18 Zarco Johann 5 FRA DNF Pramac Racing Ducati DNF 19 Marini Luca 10 ITA DNF Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF 20 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA DNF Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia DNF 21 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN DNF LCR Honda Honda DNF 22 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA DNF Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF 23 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR DNF RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia DNF Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg is located beautifully in the Murtal-region of Styria, Austria. The circuit was originally built in 1969, then known as the Österreichring. In 1996 it was rebuilt with the track-layout it still had when, in 2011, it was reopened as the Red Bull Ring and… read more. Length 4.3 km / 2.68 miles Width 13 metres Left corners 3 Right corners 7 Longest straight 626 m / 2053.81 ft Constructed 1969 Modified 1996 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m28.539s (176.7 Km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2023) Race Lap 1m29.854s (174.2 Km/h) Jorge Martin (Ducati, 2022) Race Time 42'14.886 (172.8 Km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2022) 2022 Race Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 2023 Sprint Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Steiermark, Austria –  View in Google Maps www.projekt-spielberg.com/en 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 .