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Marquez says Honda acceleration issues not solved

MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says Honda has yet to solve the engine issues the Spanish rider had to fight during the 2016 season. Marquez spent all of last year struggling on corner exit, as the Honda engine delivered the power too aggressively, a problem that led to the Japanese manufacturer change its engine philosophy for this year. After testing at Sepang on Monday, however, the Spanish rider said the problems are still there. When asked if the engine was doing what he wanted, he said: "Not yet, no. We've worked on the engine to try to improve the acceleration and the top speed and we have improved on the latter a bit, but the problem with acceleration is that if we can't use...
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