Races are taken to the limit, and the riders are completely immersed, taking themselves and their bikes to extremes and making their hearts go into overdrive — beyond what we could imagine for a human being.

From Ángel Nieto to Marc Márquez, motorcyclists, and athletes in general, assume a series of habits and obsessions to keep that calm and concentration that are so important before any competition.

The eight-time World Champion undertakes a test at the Madrid Jarama-RACE Circuit, completing 12 laps on a Honda RC213V-S with similar performance to his MotoGP bike, powered by a biofuel produced by Repsol.

Completing 50 laps, Marc Márquez split his time across a number of RC213V machines to determine the direction HRC’s engineers need to follow over the winter.

Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró are unable to finish the last Grand Prix of the season after crashing out

The Repsol Honda Team rider finishes second in qualifying, 2 tenths off pole position. Pol Espargaró is 22nd.

The Repsol Honda Team rider sets a strong pace in the first two sessions at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Pol Espargaró finishes eighteenth.

Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró will compete at the Valencian Grand Prix this weekend, the last round on the calendar.

The use of the rear brake in MotoGP is much more frequent than what you may think, and not only for what is was intended for, which is braking. It is part of an additional element of riding.

The Repsol Honda Team rider scores nine points at the Malaysian Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the season. Pol Espargaró is fourteenth, earning 2 points.

The Repsol Honda Team rider sets the third fastest time on Saturday, after having to go through Q1. Pol Espargaró will start the Malaysian Grand Prix seventeenth.

The Repsol Honda Team rider sets the third quickest time of the day in Malaysia. Pol Espargaró places sixteenth.

Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró will compete in the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend, in the nineteenth round of the year.

With second place in Australia, the Repsol Honda Team rider earned his 100th rostrum in the premier class, equalling the legendary Ángel Nieto.

The Repsol Honda Team rider finishes second in the Australian Grand Prix. Pol Espargaró places eleventh.

The Repsol Honda Team rider goes 0.013 off pole. Pol Espargaró is thirteenth on the grid.

Pol Espargaró was the third fastest rider of the day, with Marc Márquez sixth.

The Repsol Honda Team riders travel to Phillip Island, Australia, to compete in the eighteenth round of the season

The Repsol Honda Team rider places in the Top 5 in Buriram, while Pol Espargaró comes home fourteenth.

The Repsol Honda Team rider finishes eighth in qualifying for the Thai Grand Prix. Pol Espargaró is nineteenth.