Japanese culture is marked by tradition, and this is perfectly palpable in MotoGP, where Yamaha and Honda have resisted as much as they could before surrendering to the cruellest evidence and concluding that their methods, infallible until just over five years ago, have become completely obsolete. Neither of them managed to register a single podium last season, a statistic that confirms the hole they got into and from which they will try to emerge starting Wednesday when the first pre-season tests of 2025 begin at Sepang.
In the previous shakedown, which served as initial contact and ended on Sunday, Fabio Quartararo was the fastest of all, followed by Jack Miller (Pramac), in a good start for the company, while waiting for the favourites to arrive this week, with Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia at the helm.
