2023-06-25 18:01:08
After Marc Márquez was declared unfit to race in Assen this morning, the Repsol Honda team He was facing the eighth race of the season with only one driver on the starting grid. Iker Lecuona has started from the eighth row of the grid, specifically from the twentieth position.
The Repsol Honda team rider had a great start and, lap after lap, has been gaining positions to situate 11th, also benefited from the crashes of riders who were ahead such as Johann Zarco, Fabio Quartararo, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Maverick Viñales or Jack Miller.
After a great comeback and when the fifteenth lap of the race was passing, The Valencian Honda has suffered a technical problem that has forced him to abandon, ending his chances of having scored his first points dressed in the Repsol Honda Team suit after his debut with the Honda RC213V at the Spanish Grand Prix, where Iker was 18th in the Sprint Race and 16th in the main event on Sunday.
“From Jerez to here there has been a great improvement in my sensations with the bike“Lecuona commented before leaving the Netherlands. “Overall we’ve had a great weekend, getting faster and better every time we came out of the box. Today’s race was really good, I was careful at the start and avoided any problems.”
“After that I was able to keep my own pace and I was able to give my best on the track, my confidence was growing with each lap and I felt really good. I was finally fighting for the top ten and I was feeling great. I want to thank the entire Repsol Honda team for their work this weekend.”completed number #27.
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With no time to lose, Iker Lecuona gets off the RC213V to resume his seat on the bike he has been riding since 2022, the Honda CBR 1000 RR-R of the Superbike World Championship; The Spaniard will compete this weekend at Donington Park, an appointment in which he hopes to improve his poor result at Misano, where he was only able to collect 8 points in the three races.
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