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Honda on track at Brno for a private MotoGP test: Marquez works on the 2019 chassis

by | July 4, 2018

About Luigi Ciamburro / Corsedimoto.com

Private testing day in Brno for Honda. On track were the Marquez brothers, Pedrosa, Crutchlow, Nakagami, Luthi and Mir.

Private testing day for Honda which used the Brno track to test the elements planned for the current season and for next year. It is also a good opportunity to start studying the best settings for the RC213V in preparation for the Grand Prix which will take place on August 5, just after the summer holidays.
On the tarmac in the Czech Republic were Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, Cal Crutchlow, Takaaki Nakagami, Tom Luthi and Moto2 riders Joan Mir and Alex Marquez. Absent, Franco Morbidelli still struggling with the injury suffered last Saturday in Assen during FP3, as he was diagnosed with a rupture of the third metacarpus of his left hand and other minor injuries.

During the test in Catalonia a few weeks ago, Honda tested a new chassis whose data was analyzed in Japan, and today we are well on the way to confirming whether it is worth continuing its development . This framework, in the case of a positive return, should begin in 2019 when, alongside Marc Marquez, the newcomer Jorge Lorenzo will appear.

Tom Luthi also took to the track, although destined to leave MotoGP at the end of the year following the abandonment of Belgian team Marc VDS. » We have a lot of things to test, especially electronics,” he told Speedweek.com. » The bike is very difficult to control, we have problems with the front and rear. I want to work on this. We will also look at the sitting position"

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Luigi Ciamburro