Alex Marquez raced an incredible race to win Honda‰Ûªs first Moto3 victory of the year in front of his home crowd taking the win in Spain overnight.
The 18-year-old got the holeshot from pole position and was never headed, keeping his focus and steadily pulling away from the pack to win by 3.3 seconds.
‰ÛÏI‰Ûªm happy because it was a great weekend." Marquez stated. "We knew we were a little behind in general, but we were reassured that we had improved the bike in testing at Mugello.
"Yesterday I got my first pole, which was very special in front of the home fans. Today I knew it would be a difficult race, so I wanted to go well from the start to gain some advantage and I succeeded.
Already in the first lap I got a second and a half on the group. I continued riding at my maximum and as the race progressed everything became easier, because I was very focused throughout.
"I made a very good race and I‰Ûªm very motivated for the next race in the Netherlands.‰Û
