2024 Honda MotoGP bike changes working "quite well", says Zarco
Having got his first taste of the Honda RC213V in Valencia last year, Zarco got another opportunity to test the bike during last week's official shakedown test in Malaysia, as he took full advantage of MotoGP's new concessions system to get two days of running under his belt. Much to everyone's surprise, the Frenchman ended the test with the third-fastest time of all with a lap that was just 0.2s off the pace set by Tech3 newcomer Pedro Acosta. Speaking to selected media afterwards, Zarco said his performance in Sepang has strengthened his belief that Honda has turned a corner with its 2024 prototype. Asked to sum up the shakedown, he said: "Quite good. Always you get happy when some lap times are coming. I didn't expect it, that's why it's even giving a better feeling than what I could expect. "But clearly already the changes Honda did, what they brought in Valencia was quite interesting and this gave me very good h...