Honda boss says ‘package not ready’ for Luca Marini, Joan Mir

Honda team manager Alberto Puig says the RC213V is not yet ready for Luca Marini and Joan Mir to be competitive ♏heading into the n💟ew MotoGP season.

Luca Marini, Qatar MotoGP test, 19 February
Luca Marini, Qatar MotoGP test, 19 February

Both 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini and Joan Mir were impacted 🌱at the Qatar MotoGP test by sickness, which reduced their t✤ime on track just when it mattered most.

Although Honda have made steps forward compared to 2023, the gaps to the likes of Ducati rem🥃ain sizable. 

Johann Zarco, who was the quickest Honda rider at Lu🐼sail, was 17th and over 1.2 seconds dow♒n on Francesco Bagnaia’s top time.

19th and 20th came the full factory duo as Marini suffered from a virus on the opening day, ꦗbefore vomiting led to Mir missing most of day-two.

“Unfortunately our two riders have been il🌳l,” Puig told MotoGP.com. “On Monday Luca [Marini] had a virus in his stomach and today [Tuesday] it was Joan [Mir]; he was not on track so much so because of t🐷his we could not do so many tests.

“The package is not ready for them. Not beꦑcause they could not ride today, but we are still looking for the best setting, best compromise for the grand prix.

“This is the current situation. We know where we imp🐽roved and where we still need to impro𒊎ve.

“We’re trying to speed that up as much as possible wi♍th the things we need to improve to receive them♎ before the start of the championship. 

“We understand that the bike is a package. It’s not only aero thღat we have to work on. We have to fix other areas of the bike.

“You cannot just fix one thing with these bikes nowadays. We thin🎐k we can improve in some other areas.”

Puig 🦂also spoke about the concessions which will help Honda more than most.

However, Honda have not yet put in place a concre𝔍te plan for when and where their riders will test throughout 2024.

Puig said: “We are trying to understand what are the best options to have a plan. We ꧋don’t have a closed plan yet.

“The 🗹program will be interesting and helpful for the devel🔴opment of the bike.”

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