VALENCIA – The Repsol Honda Team will only be spectators at the 2021 Valencia MotoGP which will take place today, Sunday (11/14/2021) night WIB. Because their racer, Pol Espargaro suffered an injury and was confirmed to have followed Marc Marquez, who had previously been absent due to vision problems.
Previously, Espargaro had experienced an incident in the third free practice session. He was immediately taken to the hospital to confirm the condition of the driver.
Initially, Espargaro was feared to have a broken rib. It also forced him not to participate in the qualifying session. However, after further consideration, the team decided to withdraw Espargaro and focus on undergoing pre-season testing.
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“After checking his condition, Pol Espargaro will not participate in the 2021 Valencia MotoGP. He and all members of the Repsol Honda team are focused on the Jerez test,” said Repsol Honda’s official statement, Sunday (11/14/2021).
Previously, Marc Marquez was also confirmed to be absent from the 2021 Valencia MotoGP. Even so, Repsol Honda decided not to replace him with Stefan Bradl, as happened at the Algarve MotoGP last year.
In the previous race, Bradl did enter to replace Marquez. This was done to help develop the Honda RC213V motorcycle, which is currently still lagging behind.
