| It is very tough to call because we don't know how hard they're trying, whether to believe the team when they say they're concentrating on the electronics package rather than lap times, and Alex Briggs saying they'd done a lot of good things to the bike today.
At least they are out there testing. Honda suffered an engine failure and didn't want to go back out until they got some results back from the factory, so they've lost a day. Have they lost an engine from their allocation too?
The other thing is that testing rules have changed this season, so there's no reason, except for tyre allocation, that Rossi can't be testing every week between now and the first race of the season to help improve the bike. We know he's capable, they just need to find the bike to let him show it. |