Kayla Yaakov had the possibility to trip Marc Marquez’s MotoGP bike in Misano.
Kayla Yaakov rides Marc Marquez’s Ducati. Credit score: Instagram/Kayla Yaakov.
Historical past-making American racer Kayla Yaakov had the possibility to leap on Marc Marquez’s MotoGP bike in Misano.
Yaakov, who competes in MotoAmerica’s Supersport class, made historical past earlier this yr when she turned the primary girl to complete within the prime three on the well-known Daytona 200 race.
She rides a Ducati Panigale V2 in Supersport for the workforce co-owned by former MotoGP rider Ben Spieth and six-time IndyCar winner Graham Rahal.
This Ducati connection paid off with a efficiency at Daytona earlier this yr, and final week Yaakov headed to Misano for World Ducati Week, the place he was capable of pattern a MotoGP machine for the primary time.
Oh, and the automobile in query occurred to have Marc Marquez’s quantity 93 plastered on the entrance.
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“My first time using a MotoGP bike and it was completely unbelievable,” Yaakov wrote in an Instagram publish.
“I’ve by no means smiled a lot on a motorcycle as I did once I was using this lovely machine.
“Thanks to everybody who made this expertise attainable, to everybody who made it attainable for me to attain what I’ve achieved thus far with Ducati, and to everybody who believed in me thus far!”
“A particular thanks to Ben Spieth. Nothing I used to be capable of accomplish this season would have been attainable with out you.
