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Marquez says Honda needs to "improve a lot" to catch Lorenzo

Marc Marquez admits Honda must "improve a lot" to catch MotoGP rival Yamaha after world champion Jorge Lorenzo dominated the opening day of 2016 testing. Lorenzo topped the times at Sepang by over a second ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi, with Marquez finishing down in seventh position, over 1.5 seconds off the reigning world champion's pace. Marquez said Honda has not yet found the best settings for the new standard electronic control unit (ECU), which is mandatory for this year. "Maybe Jorge is too far from what we expected," Marquez told reporters at the end of the day. "Valentino is closer, but we expected a little bit to need time with the electronics and to...
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