Pol Espargaro expects Marc Marquez to be 'fast straight away' during their first event as Repsol Honda MotoGP team-mates at Portimao this weekend. Eight-time world champion Marquez has been sidelined since last July by complications from a fractured right arm, but has finally received the all-clear to ride in round 3 of the 2021 series this weekend. Honda has been winless since Marquez's injury while new signing Espargaro their top rider in Qatar, where he finished eighth and 13th on his RC213V debut. "It’s definitely important to have Marc back for the team, for Honda to improve the bike, which has changed quite a lot since the one he rode when he had the injury," Espargaro...
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