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MotoGP champion Marc Marquez completes first F1 run

Four-time Moto GP champion Marc Marquez has completed his first laps with a Formula One car at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

Marquez drove a Toro Rosso STR7, the car Red Bull's junior team used for the 2012 season, decked out in its current livery. The show run was to promote upcoming F1 and MotoGP races at the Spielberg circuit.

Marquez, who has won four of the last five championships of motorbike racing's premier category and is leading series legend Valentino Rossi in the 2018 championship, completed 43 laps before handing the car over to his Honda MotoGP teammate Dani Pedrosa after lunch.