At Circuit of The Americas earlier this month, I had the privilege of two fascinating conversations with Livio Suppo, whose current business card says he is Team Principal of the Repsol Honda Team, as well as Communication and Marketing Director. Previously, Suppo was at Ducati for 11 years, and he has a unique perspective on [...]

At the end of the first day of MotoGP testing at Circuit of The Americas, some observers were close to declaring Honda’s fast-learner Marc Marquez as champion even before the first race because of the apparent ease with which he left the experienced veterans behind. Pundits were ready to send the “old men” back to [...]

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, [...]