Holy Toledo! What’s happening? In MotoGP Qatar FP1, at the opening event of 2016, the quickest Honda is that of Dani Pedrosa, 7th quickest, with Marc Marquez right behind him in 8th. Up front are the two Yamahas of World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, followed by the Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Hector Barbera, with Maverick VInales on Suzuki, 5th, and Pol Espargaro on Yamaha, 6th. 
Lorenzo’s time of 1:55.440 is 8/10 of a second quicker than that of Marquez. We know that Marquez goes to the top if he can, so what’s going on? One possibility is a set-up mistake, which Honda could put right in the next practice. But this would be unlike a top team, all of which have procedures in place to prevent this kind of waste of precious practice time. What else? Even after his improved laps at the very end of the recent Qatar pre-season test, Marquez had said, “The bike is not right,” or words to that effect. Let’s hope Honda have not been tempted again by the Buck Rogers path to success–designing equipment that the computer says ought to work, rather than working with riders to improve what is proven to work. 
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