He was having a private test with Honda.

If you paus🎉e the video at the exact time he passed, you will notice that the Honda he’s riding looks very similar to a KTM or a Ducati, in terms of aero packages.

Which leads me to believe that this is either an upgrade for the 2023 season (they can bring one fairing⛦ change) or this is the development bike for the 2024 season.

There was a different look to the Honda.

It looks like they’re going for the ground-effect🍸 fa🦩iring, and the winglets at the back.

It looks very similar to ⭕what we’ve see𒊎n from Ducati and KTM.

However, is it going to꧟ solve their prob🀅lems? I don’t think so.

The issue with Honda is that seem to just put their aerodynamic packages onto their bike, they don’t incorporate them into the bik⛄e. They just stick it on and hope it works!

KTM and Ducati m🦄ould theiꦇr package and incorporate it to work with the engine.

Hond🎶a’s engine is the big problem. The el💟ectronics, and the way that the engine works, is overly aggressive.

It’s not goinꦦg to solve their problems, just bolting on a new aerod𝐆ynamic package.

MotoGP doesn’t work like that anymore. It might have in 2016, 2017 and 2018 when you could🍌 j꧅ust change the fairing and get some gains.

Now, these things are so dependent on the aero, the engine, and the ride-height device, and everything ꦗelse working in tandem.

Ifܫ they can sort the engine out, I can imagine it wi🍃ll be somewhat more competitive.

But is it really the answer, to🎃 copy KTM a🐎nd Ducati, if you’re not going to improve the core of the bike?