Marc Marquez and Honda had blown the opposition away in the 2014 MotoGP season, but 2015 had not started well - and by Le Mans the extent of the team’s problems was becoming clear.
Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy, Megan White and Matt Beer look at what was going wrong for the defending champions as MotoGP 2015 Revisited reaches round five, the French Grand Prix.
And it could have been so much worse for Honda too - we have a big startline scare to reminisce about as well.
The actual race winners get due attention too, as does the early-season intra-team form upset at Tech3, where Bradley Smith was doing Pol Espargaro’s future prospects no favours.
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2025-03-24 09:58:29 +0000 UTC