While both Lecuona and Xavi Vierge have had one or more top five finishes this season, a lack of consistency and o𓆉verall pace compared to the fastest teams and riders in WorldSBK has again left Honda needing to do a lot more.

As is the case in MotoGP, Honda have become accustome♔d to finishing at the lower end of the top ten, although in WorldSBK there hasn’t been the fall from grace that has o𒁃ccurred in Grand Prix.

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Still, Honda are recognised🍬 as one of the biggest manufacturers, if not the biggest and their performa𓆏nce are doing little to suggest such a title.

Lecuona, who🍒 again looked out of sorts last weekend, said this to WorldSBK.com: "I don’t want to say anything in general. I struggled.♏ We don’t know why. 

"In Race 1 when I crashed, I didn’t do anything. Everything was the same but, at🎶 the end of the race with the used tyre, I crashed. I didn’t do anything special. 

"I🐻t’s not an easy moment for us. We struggled a lot. We don’t understand anything.  It’s not ⭕the best way. On Sunday, we tried different things. 

"In the morning, it worked. In the afternoon, my start was fine but the first lap, with th😼e new base, I couldn’t have a good warm up on the rear tyre so I almost crashed at Turn 7. I fell behind Tito. 

"My pace was really good, really strong 𝔉in the mid 1’27s or lower. We made a small step. Now we need to understand why and what changed on the bike and why we struggled like this."

For 🐷Vierge, the Spaniard failed to record a single top ten result last weekend𝓡, which comes off the back of a good round in Misano where he claimed P5 in Race 2.

"Of course thi❀s weekend was a tough on🅘e for us, and we didn’t expect to struggle so much here really," stated Vierge. 

"As always, me an𝄹d the team worked very hard to try and achieve the maximum possible in every session. 

"We were unable to score points on Sunday - in the Superpole Race we were not fast enough and in Race 2 we made a good start and were lying mid-pack but unfortunately, we had a small problem ⛦that forced me to pit. 

"It’s the first time it’s happened to be fair, and better for it to happen in a race where we were strugglℱing anyway rather than during a weekend where we’re fighting for a strong result."