On Monday, Honda impressed during the tests carried out on the Brno route still hot from Czech Republic Grand Prix played the day before, Sunday. The HRC had in fact pulled out all the stops by offering its champion Marc Marquez no less than four RC213V. To improve the ordinary and also to prepare for the future. The contrast with Yamaha with only Rossi at the helm on an M1 refined with a simple new fairing was obvious…
Enough to ask questions, but the reigning World Champion on his way to keeping his crown had no time to wonder. Because he had his work cut out for him! “ I cannot comment on these tests but you will have noticed four motorcycles in the box. There were different things in it. One of the main things was to reveal why, with our current bike, we stress the front tire more than the competition, which forces us to systematically use a hard compound. ».
« Then we tried another bike, with a different chassis and geometry that was also different. in the same way we started to prepare for the future, with things for the rest of the season and the next one to follow. For all these reasons, I forced myself to ride in track temperatures of 55°. We also worked on the connection of the throttle grip for better acceleration. We have improved things, as well as the corner exit phase. ».
« I don't know if I would have these developments for Austria, but these are things I asked for because I wasn't 100% comfortable. We are on the right path ". It will be recalled that the teammate of Pedrosa achieved the best time in 1'55.209, 0.133 better than John Zarco.
Tis Brno: Chronos
1. Marc Marquez (Honda) 1:55,209 min
2. Johann Zarco (Yamaha) +0,133 sec
3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) +0,190
4. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +0,308
5. Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) +0,400
6. Cal Crutchlow (Honda) +0,562
7. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +0,709
8. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) +0,730
9. Alex Rins (Suzuki) +0,777
10. Hafizh Syahrin (Yamaha) +0,823
11. Andrea Iannone (Suzuki) +0,902
12. Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) +1,157
13. Bradley Smith (KTM) +1,357
14. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda) +1,413
15. Franco Morbidelli (Honda) +1,488
16. Scott Redding (Aprilia) +1,646
17. Jack Miller (Ducati) +1,676
18. Tom Lüthi (Honda) +1,825
19. Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki) +2,634
20. Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda) +4,125
