Marc Márquez is already in Malaysia ready to get on the Sling. Between Friday and Sunday he has three very important days of testing ahead of him in Sepang with the new bike for this season.
And the sensations so far have not been good for the Japanese. In the first test with the new Honda, they were the last of all brandsalbeit with test driver Stefan Bradl.
On the other hand, the next to get on are the usual riders Marc Márquez and Joan Mirin addition to Alex Rins and Takaaki Nakagami on the satellite equipment. And of course, they’re looking forward to seeing Honda work over the winter.
“We have had a very good winter. I have trained very hard to be as well prepared as possible for the start of the season”, commented Márquez when he arrived at the circuit in words to his team.
“But the most important thing is to know how Honda has been working during the winter and start to understand where the bike is. I am looking forward to this interesting test and to be able to get back on the bike,” he added.
The first opportunity to check the speed of the mount of the golden wing will already be this morning in the first of the three days of testing in Sepang.