Assessing the storylines from MotoGP testing

Split between the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and the new Mandalika International Street Circuit in Indonesia, pre-season testing for MotoGP consisted of just five official days of running.

Honda’s Pol Espargaro topped the Mandalika test outright on HRC’s radically revised 2022 bike, with the Japanese marque looking like it has come in from the cold after two difficult…