MotoGP racer Marc Márquez returns to competition after recovery from surgery
Repsol Honda Team pilot will drive 110 days after last race in Italy
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2020 Catalunya MotoGP event postponed without new date
The grand prix in Barcelona was scheduled to take place in June
Cervera native Àlex Márquez wins Moto2 title in Malaysia
Catalan rider makes history winning title same year as brother Marc Márquez's 6th MotoGP
Messi, back from injury, powerless to stop Barça crisis
Espanyol celebrate a European point but lie in domestic relegation zone, while Márquez has one hand on 6th MotoGP title
Barcelona field 16 year-old in victory over Real Betis
Catalonia also saw success in MotoGP, kayaking and mountain running this weekend
Pol Espargaró: “In motorbike racing, you may not win but you cannot stop fighting”
Moto2 World Champion Pol Espargaró is disputing the MotoGP World Championship for the first time this year after winning the Moto2 competition last season. Born in Granollers (Greater Barcelona) in 1991, he climbed on his first motorcycle at just 3 years old and just a year later he started competing. He has been competing at Championship level since 2006 and in his international debut he became the youngest rider to obtain points in a Grand Prix. He competed with different teams and brands such as Derbi, Kalex and Yamaha. His eldest brother Aleix Espargaró has also competed at the highest level –MotoGP- since 2009.
Marc Márquez: "Off the track I'm still the same Marc I've always been"
He’s one of the youngest riders to race at the highest level in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the youngest to win a race at the MotoGP category and unquestionably a youngster with promise. Marc Márquez, who is racing professionally since 2008, is now only twenty years old and is already competing against the greatest motorcycle riders in the world. The youngest pilot to win a race in MotoGP answers some questions for CNA.
Three Catalan champions at the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix
Catalan rider Dani Pedrosa won the MotoGP race at Jerez Circuit last Sunday, leaving behind him outstanding rookie Marc Márquez and the current World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. The two Spanish riders were responsible for the confrontation of the day, as their motorbikes collided on the final corner, recently named after Lorenzo, where Márquez stole his second position. The Moto2 category also finished with a Catalan victory led by Esteve Rabat, as well as Moto3, with Maverick Viñales at the top of the podium.
Catalunya Grand Prix blows hot and cold for Catalan riders
In MotoGP the victory of Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo and Catalan rider Dani Pedrosa’s second spot on the podium riveted the thousands of fans that came to the Catalunya Circuit at Montmeló, as did the victory of Catalan promise Maverick Viñales in the Moto3 category. However, in Moto2 local favourites Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró clashed leaving Espargaró out of the race and Márquez in 3rd position. Victory in the Moto2 category was for Italian Andrea Ianone.
Catalan motorcycle racers look to do the treble at Catalunya Grand Prix
This weekend, Grand Prix motorcycle racing returns to the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló (Greater Barcelona) for the fifth race of the world championship in all three categories. Catalan racers are the favourites at MotoGP, GP2 and GP3 levels based on current form. From the very beginning, Catalonia opted for the motor racing industry. The Catalan circuit has a contract for the motorcycle Grand Prix until 2016 and it has been known recently that the Barcelona City Council and the Provincial Council of Barcelona are going to invest money in order to preserve as much as possible the activities