Marc Marquez tested and abandoned a new chassis for his RC213V at the Catalunya MotoGP test, saying that it was worse than the version he raced on Sunday.

The former champion was a little downcast after doing two runs with the new chassis but did say that some of the positives could be switched on to the older bike, and that he had found some electronics solutions.

“We tried many things, but honestly, I expected a little bit more from this test.  We did many laps, we tried both chassis, the current one and the new one. The new one had some positive points, but overall was a little bit worse. But for the future we will try to use these positive points, because I think we can adapt it to our current chassis. With the new chassis I did only two runs, and then I worked only on one bike,” said Marquez, speaking at the track.

“We worked on the electronics, especially because at the end of the race, I had a lot of problems with the system. I didn't understand what was going on. We found something and it was much, much better, especially on the exit of the corners. So in that point I was very happy, because yesterday I was a little bit worried because I didn't understand. And now we know why.

“But the rest, I finish with the same bike as yesterday. Normally, you finish with the best bike. We don't improve a lot.”