On Wednesday, Honda announced the bombshell news that it had agreed to part ways with eight-time world champion Marc Marquez at the end of the 2023 MotoGP season.
The Marquez/Honda tie-up has been one of immense success. Bringing the Moto2 champion up to MotoGP in 2013, Honda reaped the rewards instantly as the Spaniard scored his first grand prix victory in just his second race. Marquez would go on to win that year's world championship as a rookie before dominating in 2014 for title number two.
Despite not being at 100% of his capacity, he begins to feel more limited by the lack of traction of his bike than by his physical condition. That relationship will increasingly underline the shortcomings of the RC213 as the days go by. The podium in the first sprint race, in Portugal, anticipated a crash, already on Sunday, which would serve as a metaphor for what was to follow: Marquez riding beyond the possibilities of his bike.
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