Reigning MotoGP world champion, Marc Marquez suffered his third crash in five races last Sunday in the Catalunya Grand Prix. Just three laps into the contest, the Spaniard plowed out when he made a mistake of under braking on the back straight of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Marquez has been struggling to deal with Honda's handling in recent rounds. That's why last Monday in the rainy test at Barcelona, the 22-year old rider reverted to Honda's 2014 MotoGP chassis in an attempt to solve his dilemma.
He is currently 69 points behind championship leader Valentino Rossi and has not been able to get a podium finish since the Jerez race last May.
Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda fitted a 2014 chassis with a '15 engine, swingarm and exhaust for Marquez to test.
In spite of the heavy rain, Marquez believes that the latest combination is promising.
"We didn't have much luck with the weather today, it started to rain very early on and we could only do three runs.
"The important thing is that the one point we did try - last year's chassis with this year's swingarm and engine - gave us a positive feeling.
"We have to confirm our findings and compare the telemetry, because it wasn't a huge step forward and we couldn't do many laps, but the first impressions were good.
"The rain interrupted our work, but we'll see if we can continue working in this way because I'm feeling better on the bike all the time."
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