Marquez has missed time in each of the last three MoꩵtoGP seasons which, as a result, has led to Bradl being the mos🐻t active of all the test riders on the grid. 

Bradl raced in 11 of the 13 rounds during the Covid-19-hit 2020 season, before taking part in five races in 2🌟021 and eight last season.

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And while Bradl has been fast at times whilst also testing va♉rious new parts during three very difficult seasons for the Japanese manufacturer, replacing someone of Marquez’s ilk has put a lot of ‘weight on my shoulders’.

Speaking on the Behind the Dream Documentary series created by HRC, Bradl said: "To replace Marc is never easy. He’s a great world champion, has had so much success in this team, with these peopl💫e. 

"On one hand I feel very privileged but on another siꦓde there’s a lot of weight on my shoulders." 

Bradl then delved deeper into his role as a test rider, by saying: "I get satisfied when I see my comments are matching with the data. You know, you don’t get this feeling where ‘okay, you make a race and you directly have the result, your position is good or bad, you have the emotions’. As a test 🍰rider you don’t have this. But you ride against the lap time. 

"I don’t know, I can maybe have a bit of talent to express myself to basically translate my feelings on the bike. To the people, to the technic🐭ians and then we can improve the bike. This is s💝pecial."

Whilst recovering from his fourth shoulder operation, Marquez wa🦩s keen to assist Bradl and Honda during the 2022 season which resulted in the eight-time world champion returning to the paddock at the Austrian and Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix’, before returning to on-track action during the post-race test at Misano. 

Marquez, who has been working alongside Bradl for over four years at Repsol Honda, stated why having a good test rider is vitꦕal in MotoGP.

"It’s really difficult to find a good third rider because a third rider needs to be fast but if he’s very fast he will be an official rider,"&nb🦋sp;added the Spaniard.&n𒁏bsp;

"If he’s too slow he’s not testing the things like we want. He needs to be precise in the comments, he need𝔉s to be concentrated."