Bradley Smith says he is 'pleased' with the progress KTM made over the three-day MotoGP test at Sepang with its new RC16. The Briton's place within the Austrian marque's ranks looked under threat in the middle of last year after a lacklustre start to his season, but was eventually retained by the team for 2018. Smith ended the test 19th overall and just two and a half tenths down on team-mate Pol Espargaro in 17th, though felt he had to “sacrifice” doing a time attack on the final day after Espargaro pulled out following a 250km/h crash on the Monday. “Day one and day two seemed to get very well,” said Smith. “Unfortunately with my team-mate...
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