While Yamaha riders are still waiting to receive a much wanted seamless transmission, and Ducati is still stumbling around with their ‘not revolution, but evolution’ theories, Honda has unveiled their 2014 RC213V factory prototype at Aragon today. Repsol Honda skipped yesterday’s test in Barcelona on Monday and headed straight to the Motorland Aragon circuit to give Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez the opportunity to test the new bike, as we reported yesterday. This isn’t the first time that Honda has anticipated a new machine this early in the season and the Japanese manufacturer never leaves a stone unturned, if it can give them a better chance at winning the title. Last year, they brought in the 2013 bike during the Mugello test to try to offset the chattering issues that Pedrosa and Casey Stoner were having after the weight increase and the introduction of a softer spec front tire. Dani Pedrosa began racing the new machine at Laguna Seca, and then went on to win six out of the eight remaining races of the season, when before the 2013 bike he had only won one.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:45:52 +0000