As he had forecast, Marc Marquez tried the new high-downforce Honda fairing during opening practice for this weekend’s Austrian MotoGP.
The fairing, first used by LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami at the previous Silverstone round, forms their one allowed in-season update.
Marquez’s Repsol team-mate Joan Mir also has the new design available this weekend.
Meanwhile, at Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo is continuing with the new, bigger, M1 fairing, first used in the British MotoGP race.
Keep an eye on the Hondas this weekend!
They’re continuing with their big new aero that they hope will provide something interesting to work with going forward! #AustrianGP pic.twitter.com/CAmamBA9NC— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) August 18, 2023
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