SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI

 

The satellite Honda team has an excellent talent in Simoncelli, and clearly a bike that is not far off the performance of the factory machine.

58. Marco Simoncelli (ITA)

One of the real rising stars of MotoGP, surely Marco will have a factory ride before much longer. His performances towards the end of 2010 were stunning, and his test times at Valencia show there’s more of the same to come. Simoncelli could be the real surprise package of 2011.

Valencia test position & time: 4th @ 1m 32.450s
My prediction for 2011: 7th

7. Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN)

 
Hiroshi had a reasonable season in 2010 finishing 15th, and he’ll be hoping for better in 2011, particularly since Marco is ably demonstrating the capabilities of the bike. I can’t see him doing much better though.

Valencia test position & time: 10th @ 1m 33.105s
My prediction for 2011: 14th