Marc Marquez says his Honda team has work to do on refining its 2017 MotoGP bike, claiming that the weak points of its predecessor remain after the opening day of Valencia testing. The Spaniard ended up fourth fastest, 0.172s behind pacesetter Maverick Vinales (Yamaha), after spending the day riding three different versions of the RC213V – the 2016 bike, a 2016 chassis twinned with the new 2017 engine and a plain-liveried 2017 prototype. During the Valencia race weekend, Marquez pinpointed the areas that the Honda needs to work on for its 2017 machine, highlighting wheelie control as the biggest challenge the marque faces. Although he said the new engine made the bike easier to ride, the...
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