With engine specification for the leading MotoGP manufacturers frozen at round one, this week's pre-season test in Qatar offers their last chance to decide on a specification for 2018. Engine work is receiving especially close attention at Honda, after difficulties following design changes in the previous two seasons. HRC looks in much stronger shape for 2018, reigning world champion Marc Marquez fastest on race pace at both previous tests, while team-mate Dani Pedrosa and LCR's Cal Crutchlow have also topped the timesheets over a single lap. However that was in the power-sapping heat of Sepang and Buriram. Even in such conditions Marquez was concerned that the more powerful engine may be...
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