Honda To Test New RC213V At Mugello On Monday

Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa are to test a brand new version of the Honda RC213V at Mugello. HRC Vice President Shuhei Nakamoto told the media on Thursday that both Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner will have one machine each to use at the MotoGP test scheduled to take place on Monday, after the Italian Grand Prix.

The two bikes are being flown in from Japan specially for the test on Monday, after having been tested in Japan. The machine was described by Nakamoto as a completely new bike, though the HRC boss declined to share many details on the changes, saying only that the bike looked very similar to the existing bike. It is the bike which HRC had been developing for the 2013 season, but the chatter problems suffered by both Stoner and Pedrosa as a result of the new Bridgestone tires had forced Honda to bring testing of the bike forward. If the tests are promising, then the bike could be replace the existing machine well before the end of this season.

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