Having ridden to a MotoGP best of seventh place at the Emilia Ro🐓magna round, Alex Marquez took a step back w🌳ith 13th in Barcelona.

The Repsol Hon💧da rider's goal this weekend in Le Mans is therefore to regain the form he had shown at the final Misano event, at a track where he was victorious in Moto2 last season.

“Last year the bik𓆉e worked very well here in Le Mans and also in Aragon, so I am looking forward to riding there," Marquez said.

"We will have to look at the weather forecast because right now it does not look so nice, quit🌳e cold and wet but these things can change.

"Whatever the conditions, I arrive ꧋really motivated for the second half of the season and to push hard to show the potential we 🌃had before the race in Barcelona.

"In the last week I have been training hard ꦐwith determination to keep improving.”

Prior to Le Mans, Marquez will be among the MotoGP✱ riders heading to Portimao for Wednesday's track familiarisa💃tion on a road bike.

Also present will be his temporary team-mate Stefaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn Bradl, whose official status as Honda tes🌌t rider means he is allowed to ride an RC213V at the Portuguese track.

The busy German will spend two days in Portimao, venue for the 2020 season finale, directly fဣollowed by three days on track at the Le Mans race weekend.

“We start another intense period with three races in a row, as well as a test," Bradl said. "As always, we will approach each race looking to help HRC as much as possible while pushing for the be𒊎st result.

"Le Mans has the potential to be very interesting with the weather, so we need🍬 to see what happens with the rain and what the track temperature is like before we can make any firm plans for the weekend. Hopefully we can have a good weekend and make another step."

It is not yet clear if Le Mans will be Bradl's final appearance of the season, amid rumours reigning champion Marc Marquez mig♐ht return from injury for the following Aragon rounds.