Joan Mir: “Honda in the s***? We're closer to the best than it seems"
Unexpectedly, Honda claimed their first MotoGP victory in two years last weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas via 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins.
It was a colossal boost to the struggling Japanese manufacturer who, last year, failed to score a point in a premier class race for the first time in 40 years in Germany, and relied upon 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez to be their highest-placed rider in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings despit𝔍e him m༺issing six races and then returning to fitness.
“It looks like we're in the s***, but we're closer𝔍 to the best than it seems,” said Marquez’s Rep💞sol Honda teammate Mir.
“We are going in the right di♒rectio🔯n, I enjoyed riding this bike here.
“We improved braking and cornering speed, but I have th❀e impr⭕ession that we are always lagging behind in making progress.
“Starting so far back is difficꦆult, but I see potential."
The victory of Rins, taking advantage and holding his nerve after Francesc🌃o Bagnaia’s unforced crash, came on the LCR Honda bike and should act as motivated for Repsol Honda’s hopes.
Marquez, their star man, hopes to return from a hand injury next weekend at the Spanish MotoGP to begin chipping away at a 57-point deficit 💃to the championship-leader Marco Bezzecchi.
Mir has failed to finish three races across the first three rounds, a less than ideal start to Honda life after moving, alongside Rins, from Suzuki, and mi𝔉ssed Argentina due to injury.
But Alberto Puig, Honda team maඣnager, has backed the 2020 world champion ꦍto replicate the form shown by Rins.
“We at HRC believe that his potential is at least equal to that o🌟f Rins, because they raced together in the same team for꧃ many years and you saw the results,” Puig said.
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