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Honda has their work cut out for them. Three of 4 factory riders crashed at Le Mans due to front end handling issues and the 4th - Marc Marquez - was seriously handicapped by the same issues. The Honda riders are saying the bike is a beast to ride this year. Meanwhile Yamaha and Ducati have improved. Case it point, Marquez's race time this year was within a couple tenths of his winning time last year. Yet he ended up 20 seconds behind Lorenzo. In other words Jorge averaged over 0.7 seconds a lap better than last year's winning pace.

That's really interesting CB4ME. There is going to be a lot of pressure on Pedrosa to stay healthy and get competitive right? Is he under contract for next year?

yes Pedrosa signed a 2 year contract last year. of course if he can't compete something would have to be done.