At last week’s MotoGP test held at the new Circuit of The Americas near Austin, Texas, Honda rider Marc Marquez was the quickest, getting into the low 2:03s. Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo was consistently a half-second slower and the returning Valentino Rossi was slower yet. Here is what the Yamaha men identified as the major cause [...]

Honda and Yamaha had to test at Circuit of The Americas last week because one of them is going to win the 2013 MotoGP World Championship, so neither could afford not to be there. Another motivation was that the test was non-Dorna, meaning Honda could get the videos they need for promotion (on race weekends, [...]