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 𓃲compet🐓itive heading into the new MotoGP season.

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

Both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini and Joan Mir were impacted at the Qatar Moto༺GP test by sickness, which reduced the⭕ir time on track just when it mattered most.

Although Honda have made steps forward compared to 2023🧸, the gaps to the likes of Ducati remain🦂 sizable. 

Johann Zarco, who was the quickest Honda rid🐼er at Lusail, was 17th and over 1.2 seconds down on Francesco Bagnaia’s top time.

19th and 20th came the full factory duo as Marini suffered from a virus on the opening day, before vomit🉐ing led to Mir missing most o𒁏f day-two.

“Unfortunately our two riders have been ill,” Puig told MotoGP.com. “On Monday Luca [Marini] had a virus in his stomach and today [Tuesday] it was Joan [Mir]; he was𝐆 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 because they♉ could not ride today, but we are still looking for the best settin𝔍g, best compromise for the grand prix.

“This is the current situation. We know w🐻here we improved and where we still need to improve.

“We’re trying♉ to speed that up as much as possible with the things we need to improve to receive them before the start of the championship.&nbsꦅp;

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

“You cannot just fix one thing with these bikes nowadays. We think w🧸e𓄧 can improve in some other areas.”

Puig also spoke about the c🎀oncessions which will help Honda more than most.

However, Honda have not yet put in place a concrete plan for when and where their riders will test througho🧜ut 2024.

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

“The program will be interesting and hel🦹pful for 🥃the development of the bike.”

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