WorldSBK: Leon Camier: Super concessions ‘a slow burner, not all of a sudden competitive’

Team HRC Manager, Leon Camier, believes Honda are on the right track to becoming a force in WorldSBK, but that ‘super concessions’ won’t make a difference overnight.
Iker Lecuona, Team HRC WorldSBK San Juan 2022
Iker Lecuona, Team HRC WorldSBK San Juan 2022

For large parts of the 2022 WorldSBK campaign, Honda were the fourth best manufacturer despite mixing it with the ℱlikes of Ducati, Yamaha and Kawasaki riders at times.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Iker Lecuona and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge both impressed as rookies, finishing ninth and tenth in the championship - Lecuona likely would have secured eighth ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Scott Redding has he not missed the last six races due to injury - however, the gap to the top three ride🃏rs was still a problem for Honda.

One advantage Honda an🀅d main rivals BMW had over its competition in 2022 were the new super concessions system which allowed both manufacturers to make chassis changes when accumulating points through their resul𓆉ts.

♔But Camier was quick to point out that it will take time for super concessions to bring them on a par with the top three man🤡ufacturers.

"The super concession thing is a slow burner," Camier told . "It’s not that you get one thing and, all of a sudden, you’re going𓆉 to be competitive straight away. There are so many moving parts to a team. 

"Teams have been in this paddock for 15-20 years and it takes time for you, as a team to get there. We’re in our third year as a team. There are many little parts we ne🐭ed to keep improving in the team and on the bike as well. 

"It’s a new bike. With the first year of Covid, nothing was rea♋lly done. Last year and this year there’s been good progress. The hard part is the l🍸ast part and that’s where we are now. 

"For us,🦹 as HRC, we have to keep working on our own project and focus on our own issues and things we know we can im꧟prove. That’s the goal."

In both 2020 and 2021 Honda were consistently struggling to challenge for podiums or even top five finishes, but with improꦓvements made to the CBR1000RR-R and the introduction of Lecuona and Vierge, Team HRC were much closer to the leading riders in 2022. 

Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona, Catalunya WorldSBK race2, 25 September
Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona, Catalunya WorldSBK race2, 25 September

Speaking about last season’s🍨 performance, Camier added: "It’s definitely been a lot of progress. With two rookies, we were confident they could come in and perform well but also the base of our package became a lot more stable this year, I would say. 

"There were quite a few changes, as we know, from suspension and brakes and these things which 💞were quite a few unknowns😼. 

"Our idea was to do it now and try to progress and to develop everything for future profits. In general, I think the year’s gone very well. We were really fast many times with both riders. Many top sixes and a podium; it was a little bit gifted, but we had to be there to fight for it any🐠way. 

"In general, I think it’s been a good year and we’re quite confident the future will keep progressing. It’ll take time fo💯r sure. It’s not something we turn around in one day. 

"Japan are working hard butဣ they’re not super-fast to make changes always and, when they do, they want to make sure 🔴it's the right way."

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