Honda's insipid performance in last weekend's Le Mans MotoGP race was the worst result for the team in eight months, and it highlighted the RC213V's deficiencies.  Honda knows that it has a big problem with acceleration, regardless of the fact that Marc Marquez had managed to hide it admirably until last weekend, at Le Mans, where the bike's shortcomings were very clear to see given the French circuit's stop-start layout. Marquez's fall and Dani Pedrosa's fourth position meant that, overall, it was the worst result for Honda since last year's Silverstone race - a real debacle that, according to sources from the team, is a reflection of reality. Out of the theoretical title contenders,...
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