The valencian circuit is one of good memories for Joan Mir as the rider himself recalled on his preview of the last round of the world championship. The Honda rider will close his first season with the team looking to keep improving the results made on the last GP.

‘A long season comes to an end in Valencia, a day of rest and then the next season will start. In Qatar we were able to make an improvement on Sunday which helped my confidence, so the aim is to keep ongoing in this direction in the final race’, the 26 year old rider said in a team statement, before recalling some of the fond memories the Valencia track has to him:

– The track holds good memories for me, not only was it the scene of my first MotoGP win but also where I took the title in 2020. Conditions this late in the year will be a bit tricky there, especially in the morning so we will need to be careful. We keep on working.

O conteúdo Joan Mir returns to a track of ‘good memories’ to end the season: ‘The aim is to keep improving’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

This GP de La Comunitat Valenciana will mark the end on an era, that of Marc Marquez and Repsol Honda who have brought many world titles for both. The former world champion will leave for Gresini.

On this round at Spain, the rider said: ‘We have finally arrived at the end of the year. It has been a year full of ups and downs, emotions and difficult decisions. Now we come to Valencia looking to end the season in the best way possible, it’s a track I like and have good memories at’.

Marquez didn’t shy away from saying how this one will be very emotional: ‘Of course, it’s not just any end to a season, it will be a very emotional one as an incredible chapter in my sporting career, and in my life, comes to a close. Together with the Repsol Honda Team we have made an incredible story over the last 11 years, the good times and the bad have helped me become who I am and this weekend will be about celebrating what we’ve done and enjoying our time together until the very last moments. Let’s make every lap count’.

O conteúdo Marc Marquez about to bid farewell to Honda: ‘It will be very emotional, as incredible chapter of my career, and in my life’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

One of the new additions to the final grand prix of 2023 will be Álex Rins. The rider, who has missed the last four rounds of the MotoGP world championship, announced on his Instagram profile that he will be taking over the controls of the LCR Honda at the Cheste track.

‘Let’s go to the final race together. See you all in Valencia!’, he wrote on social media.

The spaniard has been recovering from double surgery – a hernia and compartment syndrome in his right leg – and during this period of absence he was replaced by Iker Lecuona.

Despite missing the last few races, the spaniard has 54 points and is in 18th place in the MotoGP standings.

Next season, Alex will take over the reins at Yamaha.

O conteúdo Alex Rins is back in action after injury aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Miguel Oliveira suffered a major setback at Losail that brought his season to a premature end, leaving his team without his contribution for the final round of the year. In light of the Portuguese rider’s long-term injury, the CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team will be using Lorenzo Savadori in his place.

Razlan Razali confirmed this yesterday after the GP: ‘We also welcome Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia test rider to replace Miguel in Valencia and we hope to score some points and maintain our team championship standings with eighth position’.

This will be the fourth GP of the current season in which the Italian will be at the controls of the RS-GP, as the rider was present at the French, Italian and Austrian GPs.

Savadori is currently 24th in the championship with nine points

O conteúdo Lorenzo Savadori in Miguel Oliveira’s place for the last GP of 2023 aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.