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# MotoGP podcast: Marquez returns as Yamaha takes big step
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/motogp-podcast-marquez-returns-as-yamaha-takes-big-step/
- Published: 2022-09-13T16:40:13.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T13:52:07.000Z
- Description: A potentially pivotal mid-season test at Misano takes centre stage in the newest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast
- Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
- Tags: MotoGP, #image-center-right

A potentially pivotal mid-season test at Misano takes centre stage in the newest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.

Toby Moody, Simon Patterson and Valentin Khorounzhiy discuss Marc Marquez’s two-day return to action on a Honda MotoGP bike [ahead of his full-on comeback at Aragon,](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/marquez-to-make-latest-motogp-return-at-aragon/) as well as the ramifications of the apparent top-speed improvement made by Yamaha with its 2023 prototype.

The crew also talk about Honda [keeping Takaaki Nakagami for another season](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/nakagami-hangs-onto-lcr-honda-ride-for-2023-amid-ogura-pressure/) with the LCR squad and the corresponding decision for Ai Ogura to remain in Moto2 for now.

Finally, a batch of listener questions are answered, including on Dani Pedrosa’s impact on KTM’s peaks-and-valleys MotoGP trajectory and on what MotoGP should do to increase the currently paltry female presence on the grid and within its fanbase.

Listen on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-race-motogp-podcast/id1501844351?ref=the-race.com)

Listen on [Spotify ](https://open.spotify.com/show/7iL1ORqvrh8TQ9D5nE4yHA?ref=the-race.com)