Yamaha, Honda progress to take until 2025? ‘They are concessions, not magic’
No qui💛ck fix to transform Honda and💙 Yamaha’s MotoGP fortunes.
Yamaha and Honda now enjoy a range of technical perks over their European MotoGP rivals, co𒈔urte💟sy of this year’s revised concession ‘ranking’ system.
But 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro, who went through the previous concession system with Aprilia, has warned that t𓄧he perks - which include private testing with race riders and exemptiꦿon from the in-season engine design freeze - are not a magic wand.
The crucial ingredient is time🧜 and Espargaro tips that💖 it will take until 2025 for an upswing in results by the Japanese manufacturers.
“They are concessions, not magic. You need time,” Espargaro said, when asked if he expected the Japanese brands to b🅘e closer by now.
“We will see last winter's work in the next season, I think🍌.
“Because last winter they started to sign new engineers, they started to develop new things that they didn't have time to put on track y꧋et.
“So hopefully for♛ everybody who loves this sport, we will see improvements from Yamaha and Honda… in the 2025 season.”
Yamaha and Honda a🍨re currently on the lowest ‘D’ concession ranking, meaning access to the full range of benefits. Ducati is in ‘A’, having scored over 85% of the maximum constructors’ points, with KTM and Aprilia in ranking ‘C’.
S𝐆o far this season, Yamaha has a best race finish of fifth place (Jerez Sprint, 3rd before Fabio Quartararo’s tyre pressure penalty) and seventh in a Grand Prix (Portimao)⛦.
Honda, which has los♏t star rider Marc Marquez and COTA w𝓡inner Alex Rins, has a best race result of 9th (Jerez Sprint) and 12th in a Grand Prix (Lusail, Portimao, Jerez).
At this time last year, Yamaha’s highest race result was 3rd for Q𓆉uartararo at COTA, where꧋ former LCR rider Rins took Honda's only victory of the season.
Fast forward a year and the top Yamaha rider is again Quartararo, in 12th (11th at this time last year) with the top Honda r🐟ider now Joan Mir in 16th (Takaaki Nakagami 17th last year).
In terms of constructors’ points, which will continue to deterꦬmine the ranking grade for concessions, there has been a big drop for both Japanese brands so far.
The score for each manufacturer comparꩲed to the opening four rounds of last year is as follows💝:
- Ducati: 133 points (2024) / 137 points (2023) = -4 points
- KTM: 95 / 81 = +14 points
- Aprilia: 82 / 67 = +15 points
- Yamaha: 27 / 49 = -22 points
- Honda: 13 / 61 = -48 points
Opening four rounds of 2023: Portimao, Termas, COTA, Jerez.
Opening four rounds of 2024: Lusail, Portimao, COTA, Jerez.
Aprilia is the only factory with the same rider line-up 2023 and 2024.
Peter has bee♉n in the paddock for 20 years and ꧂has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
