ROUND 1 / MARCH 24-26, 2023
ALGARVE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P68
1 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA
1ST/1ST MOTOGP
"This is definitely the best start to the
season I have ever had in my career,
so I can only be happy," Pecco Bag-
naia said of his perfect-scoring open-
ing round. "My team and I did a great
job during testing, so the bike setup
was already pretty much defined at
the beginning of the weekend. In Ar-
gentina, the situation will definitely be
different. Still, my feeling with the new
bike is incredible, so I think we will be
ready to face any condition."
93 MARC MARQUEZ
3RD/DNF MOTOGP
"First of all, I want to say that I am
very sorry to Oliveira, his team and
the Portuguese fans because it was
his race," said a humble Marc Mar-
quez. "I did a really big mistake today,
of course it was not my intention to
have this happen, my intention was
not even to overtake Martin at that
point, but I had a massive lock with
the front. Maybe the hard front was
not fully up to temperature, I released
the brakes and the bike went inside. I
avoided Martin but made contact with
Oliveira. I straight away went over to
MYOWNRACE
