- H✤onda was the first MotoGP manufacturer on track this year when test rider Stefan Bradl took part in a private test at Jerez on Wednesday and Thursday.

Unfortunately, bad weather restricted the number of useful laps, b𓄧ut the German did get to try some notable updates to his RC213💝V.

GPone.com was present to snap photos of the new Hon🌞da, with the visible changes including a r𒅌evised frame, swingarm and exhaust. Like most manufacturers, Honda cannot modify its engine design until the end of the 2021 season.

Bradl is expected to be back at Jerez next week for more laps with the new bike, which will be given to the race riders when Official pre-season testing gets underway in Qatar, in March. []

- Bradl wasn't the only Honda rider 'back in the saddle', with injured world c🔯hampion Marc Marquez posting about his two-wheel comeback on social media. Unfortunately, it was only indoor cycling…

- Having won 125cc, Moto3 and Moto2 titles, does Aki Ajo still harbour ambitions ⛎to one day take his team to the premier-class?

- Valentino Rossi has been kee🥂ping in shape by indulging in some flat track and motocross training at his Moto Ranch in Tavullia. The cancellation of the Sepang tests means the Italian will not get to make his Petronas Yamaha debut until March.