MotoGP 2023 pre-season testing is underway - with the secretive shakedown test now completed and the main action with the race riders commencing at Sepang on Friday.

Ahead of that, Simon Patterson, Valentin Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer assess what each manufacturer needs to achieve from this week's running in Malaysia.

Reigning champion Ducati actually needs to keep its jobs list short, having overcomplicated its 2022 pre-season.

At the other end of the scale, there is a LOT for Honda to try to achieve this week.

We explain all that and all the burning pre-season questions the Sepang test is going to answer.

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