Britain's Cal Crutchlow got his hands on the 2019 Honda RC213V MotoGP missile for the first time at Sepang today and believes it is already an improvement on last year's title-winning bike. Crutchlow, who hasn't ridden since the Phillip Island crash that marmalised his ankle, put in his first laps today on the 2018-spec bike before switching to the 2019 version - which has a revised airbox arrangement - in the afternoon. 'The plan was to ride the 2018 bike for familiarisation because, in all honesty, for the first couple of runs, I wasn't warming the tyres so it was pointless for me to put mileage on the 2019 bike straightaway,' said Crutchlow, speaking at the track. 'We rode it this...
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