Honda’s start to the 2024 MotoGP season has done little to create optimism.

The first year of th🧔eir post-Marc Marquez era has yielded only 14 points fඣrom the first two rounds.

Starkly, fellow struggler♏s Yamaha have ༺scored 18 points with two fewer riders.

Luca Marini, their replacement for star man Marquez, sits bottom of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings without a point to his name yet.

The four Honda riders qualified for the Portuguese MotoGP in the last fo💎ur spots on the grid, an early display of their struggles.

No♉ Honda scored a point in the sprint, and Joan Mir’s 12th-placed finish in the Portimao grand prix owed a lot to the late DNFs of Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bag🌊naia.

Alberto Puig, t💟eam manager of Repsol Honda, was quoted by : "Our riders are ꧂not completely satisfied with the performance, but they can see that we are trying our best.

“꧑We are🐭 in the development process, that is clear.”

Puig insists Honda are “progressing”.

However he admits: "At the same time, ot👍hers are also progressing.”

The bullish Puig ꦏsummarised🦂: "We have achieved as much as we expected.

“But we have a mission. Our plan is clear.

“We said it last year. It is not ea𝔉sy, but we are investing a lot of resources.

“We have💯 also reinforced the project in terms of pers🌺onnel."

Honda’s MotoGP project has received help from staff assigned to its Formula 1 progra꧒mme to develop the RC213V.

The technical team at the top of Honda’s MotoGP project was🍃 als🌞o reshuffled for this year.

"We are ♏not there yet if we look at the clasꦯsification,” Puig said.

“But it is a process. 🐈Of course, right now we would prefer to be ahead.

“But things are what ꧟they are. We will keep tryꦬing."

G💎rip is the obvious area that every Honda rider has declar🀅ed a weakness.

Puig vows to: "Seek mor🐬e contact with the ground on the rear𓄧 wheel when entering and exiting the corner.”

He insists Honda have "mad𝔍e progress recently" but "it is c✃lear that we need more”.

Puig added: "That's all I can sℱay. We are on a mission and we have our objectives.

“Peop♚le know Honda. We wil෴l not stop until we achieve it.”

Puig was asked when Honda might return to win𒊎ning a MotoGP race.

He answered: "I think w♛e will be abl🌳e to move forward with the concessions after the summer break.

“Let's hope to see clearer p𓃲rogress in the second ha✃lf of the season.

“That is our hopꦗe and it is reasonable to bel🥃ieve it. Those are our expectations.”