An emotional Marc Marquez left nothing on track as he returned to the MotoGP Sprint podium for the third time in 2023, a gift to the Repsol Honda Team. Having shown strong and consistent pace throughout the weekend, Marc Marquez headed into Q2 ready and eager View this email in your browser   Sprint Race Report Saturday, Nov 25th 2023   Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana MotoGP 2023   Round 20 Ninth to third, Marquez takes hard-fought final Sprint podium with Repsol Honda Team An emotional Marc Marquez left nothing on track as he returned to the MotoGP Sprint podium for the third time in 2023, a gift to the Repsol Honda Team. Having shown strong and consistent pace throughout the weekend, Marc Marquez headed into Q2 ready and eager to perform. A final weekend with the Repsol Honda Team spurred the #93 on to take extra risks in order to see out the 11-year relationship in the best way possible. Unfortunately, a mistake into Turn 2 on his final flying lap would end Marquez's charge towards the front row and see him line up in ninth. With overtaking in Valencia notoriously difficult, the eight-time World Champion was left frustrated. Launching perfectly as the lights went out, Marquez immediately made-up ground and lined up a big move into Turn 2. He'd keep the pace of leaders as he, Binder and Martin reeled in and passed early leader Maverick Viñales. With a Sprint podium in his sights, Marquez was giving no ground and set the fastest lap of the race on lap four – a 1'29.809. Marquez's challenge would last until the final laps when catching Martin and Binder finally became impossible, crossing the line in a well-earned third place. Arriving to the Sprint podium with thousands of fans and the members of his Repsol Honda Team below, Marquez – who has enjoyed 11 seasons with HRC – fought back the emotions to celebrate his third Sprint podium of 2023. Joan Mir's weekend was forced into an early finish, the #36 deemed unfit after his fall on Friday. His focus will now be on recovering and preparing for the post-season test on Tuesday. Sunday is set to be an emotional day for the entire Repsol Honda Team as Marc Marquez prepares to line up on the Honda RC213V for the final time and celebrate a relationship which has brought six MotoGP World Championships and five Triple Crowns. Every lap of the 27-lap race will have all involved giving their maximum to end the season, and an incredible era of MotoGP, in the best way possible. Marc Marquez  93 THIRD  "You can give all the presents, all the helmets, all the boots you want – but the best present is what you give on the track. That's what today was about, giving something to the Repsol Honda Team, to HRC, to my people who have been with me across this journey. I increased the risk I was taking a step and even in the race I almost crashed many times, but today I was able to do a good start, a good first lap and make a good race. It's important to enjoy this special moment with everyone, it was honestly hard to fight the emotions on the podium. All of my team, HRC and the fans there – it was really nice to give everyone this moment. The objective is to continue like this tomorrow, but we need to see the conditions, how we start, many things." Valencia GP - Sprint Race Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 12 Pramac Racing Ducati 19'38.827 2 Binder Brad 33 RSA 9 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.190 3 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 7 Repsol Honda Team Honda 2.122 4 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 6 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 3.106 5 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 5 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4.253 6 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 4 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 4.400 7 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 3 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 4.502 8 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 2 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 5.578 9 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 1 Pramac Racing Ducati 5.910 10 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 0 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 6.095 11 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 0 RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 7.674 12 Miller Jack 43 AUS 0 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8.098 13 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 0 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 9.513 14 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 0 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 12.453 15 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 0 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 12.599 16 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 0 LCR Honda Honda 13.787 17 Marini Luca 10 ITA 0 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13.887 18 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 14.943 19 Rins Alex 42 SPA 0 LCR Honda Honda 20.378 20 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia 25.017 21 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA DNF Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Bagnaia Francesco 1 ITA 442 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 428 Pramac Racing Ducati 3 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 329 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 4 Binder Brad 33 RSA 277 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 5 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 205 Pramac Racing Ducati 6 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 198 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 7 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 198 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 8 Marini Luca 10 ITA 194 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 9 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 167 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 167 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 Miller Jack 43 AUS 163 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 138 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 13 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 96 Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 93 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 15 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 84 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 16 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 76 RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 17 Fernandez Augusto 37 SPA 71 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 18 Rins Alex 42 SPA 54 LCR Honda Honda 19 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 52 LCR Honda Honda 20 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 40 RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 21 Pedrosa Dani 26 SPA 32 KTM Test Team KTM 22 Mir Joan 36 SPA 26 Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 13 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 24 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 9 RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 25 Folger Jonas 94 GER 9 Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing KTM 26 Bradl Stefan 6 GER 8 Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 Petrucci Danilo 9 ITA 5 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 28 Pirro Michele 51 ITA 5 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 29 Crutchlow Cal 35 GBR 3 Yamaha Test Team Yamaha Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information The Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana was completed in 1999 and held rounds of the MotoGP and Spanish Motorcycle Championships in the same year. The Cheste track has several layouts, running anti-clockwise with varying lengths. MotoGP events are held on a 4km track comprising of five right handed corners, eight… read more. Length 4.005 kilometres / 2.489 miles Width 12 metres Left corners 9 Right corners 5 Longest straight 0.876 kilometres / 0.544 miles Constructed 1999 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 29.401s (161.2km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2016) Race Lap 1m 31.042s (158.3km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2021) Race Time 41m 22.250s (156.8 km/h) Alex Rins (Suzuki, 2022) 2022 Race Winner Alex Rins (Suzuki) 2023 Sprint Winner Jorge Martin (Ducati) Circuito de la Comunidad Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain –  View in Google Maps www.circuitvalencia.com 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 .