Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig says Jorge Lorenzo’s trip to HRC’s headquarters in Japan has been set up to give him dඣirect communication with the factory technicians as it looks to solve his riding position and feeling with the RC213V.

While Lorenzo has shown flashes of promise since his move to the factory Honda squad this winter, the five-time world champion has failed to finishಌ a race inside the top 10 this season.

With the Spanish rider continuing to struggle to find a comfortable feeling on the Honda, he is visiting HRC’s As𓆏aka headquarters in Japan to work wi🐎th factory engineers to find solutions to his problems.

After trying different seat sꦫpecifications with his Honda at the start of the season, Lorenzo reverted to🐲 the “standard” race seat during the French MotoGP last month.

“We have decided to try improving Jorge’s ergonomics problems by organising a trip to Japan. We thought it was a good 🐠idea to talk directly with the engineers and to analyse more deeply the problems he is having, trying to get a better position for him on the bike,” Puig explained.

“Jorge is still struggling; he needs to find the compromise wit🌼h the bike and has to keep working.

“He is staying focused and remaining motivated and this is important. It was also important to check the improvements we have made to our machine on a Ducati track [Mugello], which is a circuit all about top spe꧋ed and power.”

Lorenzo claimed victory for Ducati at Mugello 12 months ago but was off the pace throughout the Italian MotoGP last weekend. The Spanish rider qualified down in 17^th place before climbing the order to finish the race in 13^th place – almost 21 seconds behin🌺d race-wi𒁃nner Danilo Petrucci.

Reflecting on his race, Lorenzo conceded changes made to hꦗis RC213V failed to pay off and l♔eft him still searching for answers.

“I didn’t have the pace and wasn’t as comfortable on the bike to be more competitive,” Lorenzo said. “We made a change in the warm-up and it improved some areas. Not better or worse than we expected but neither myself nor Honda give up on making ▨progress and finding a solution together.

“𝕴Now I will go to Japan to work with Hondaಌ on some improvements to come back stronger.”

Following his HRC Japan visit, Lorenzo will head to his home round, the Catalan MotoGP, with the hope of finding breakthroughs. The Circuit de Catalunya also hosts a one-day post-race test where further developments and s🐠etup changes are expected to be trialled by ♋Lorenzo and Repsol Honda.