2025 Barcelona preseason test thread

[Faz]

Considering that Honda didn't much to this test should we read anything into A Esparagro finishing in front of Mir & Marini in the time sheets on his first outing on the Honda?

No. Aleix rode it like a new employee keen to make a good impression whereas Mir and Marini know what it is. Let’s see what transpires in the pre season tests I would say and see how he goes then.

 

[mylexicon]

This was supposedly the reason they are sharing GPS data and other data (not onboard telemetry) so the teams will stop doing this. The interesting part is that Yamaha is collecting data in the open, rather than paying a "journalist" to gather data for them. The old regime of disguising spying operations is why Honda closed the Sepang test to the public at the last minute during the 2024 preseason before taking the wraps off of their new aero package.

 

[michaelm]

This was supposedly the reason they are sharing GPS data and other data (not onboard telemetry) so the teams will stop doing this. The interesting part is that Yamaha is collecting data in the open, rather than paying a "journalist" to gather data for them. The old regime of disguising spying operations is why Honda closed the Sepang test to the public at the last minute during the 2024 preseason before taking the wraps off of their new aero package.

Yes in Honda’s case they could not let other teams get vital information in regard to how not to build a race bike for the current formula.