Repsol Honda has confirmed that its 2021 online MotoGP team launch, featuring♑ six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez and new team-mate Pol Espargaro, will be ♋held on February 22 at 12:00 CET.

While few changes to the familiar Repsol livery are expected, the event is sure to see Marquez provide some♈ form of update on his complicated recovery from a broken right arm.

The Spaniard has been sidelined since la🐷st July, initially fracturing his arm when he highsided and was hit by his bike in the closing stౠages of the Jerez season-opener, then breaking the original titanium plate used to secure the bone.

When hജis arm ꦐfailed to heal, a third operation was undertaken last December, including a bone graft, which also revealed the presence of infection. The most recent update said that Marquez continues to undergo antibiotic treatment.

Doubts remain about when th✤e #93 will return to his RC213V, 🦄with speculation that test rider Stefan Bradl (or even Andrea Dovizioso) will again step in for the Qatar tests in March.

New signing Espargaro, a title♔ rival of Marquez in the smaller grand prix classes, arrives at Repsol Honda after spendi൲ng four seasons at KTM, culminating in five podiums and fifth in last year's world championship.

With last year's delayed🌃 calendar and ongoing Covid restrictions ruling out the usual post-🌞season tests, Espargaro is yet to ride an RCV.