Marquez rapid as Espargaro’s Open finishes fifth
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez upped the pace as testing continued in Malaysia on Wednesday, while NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Aleix Espargaro placed an Open specification bike inside the top five for the first time. Read more.

Bradl ‘very happy’ with improving Honda
Stefan Bradl cracked the top three on Wednesday as pre-season testing continued at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit. Read more.

Aleix Espargaro on top five Open performance
Aleix Espargaro continued to make headlines in Malaysia on Wednesday. Although fuel levels remain unknown, the NGM Mobile Forward Racing rider was conspicuous as his Open specification FTR-Yamaha ended the day fifth. Read more.

Progress for Lorenzo despite sixth place
The 2010 and 2012 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo slipped to sixth on the Sepang test Day 2 timesheet, but he did improve by half a second on his Tuesday best and got through some important work on electronics settings. Read more.

Mediaset España, Telefonica and Dorna Sports make initial 2014 agreement
Mediaset España, Dorna, the commercial rights holders of the MotoGP™ World Championship and Telefonica, on their the subscription based audiovisual platform MovistarTV, have made an initial agreement on shared broadcast rights for MotoGP™ in Spain in 2014. Read more.

Jump in lap time pleases Crutchlow
The second day of pre-season testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia saw progress being made by Cal Crutchlow. Read more.

Granado moves to Team Calvo for 2014
In a late change in the Moto3™ line-up ahead of next week’s first 2014 test session in Valencia, Brazil’s Eric Granado has moved to Team Calvo. Read more.

Surprised Abraham still suffering with shoulder
Karel Abraham is optimistic about the new Honda RCV1000R for the upcoming season, but was shocked on Tuesday to find that he is still suffering significant pain from his injured shoulder. Read more.

Acclimatization continues for Broc Parkes
Broc Parkes completed his second day of testing in Malaysia on Wednesday, with the rookie achieving an ambition by racing in the MotoGP™ premier class this year. Read more.

Marquez breaks through two-minute barrier
World Champion Marc Marquez continued to lead Sepang testing halfway through the second day, becoming the first rider this week to lap the Malaysian circuit in under two minutes. Read more.