Honda’s MotoGP woes have been a big talking point in 2024 as continued struggles have led to rumours that Joan Mir could retire from the sport.

A rain-affected Mugello test on Monday didn’t help matters, with Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig telling MotoGP.com: “We are still searching for answers but it’s also true that we are testing a lot of d🧜ifferent parts and testing man🎀y things.

“Normally when you try many things it’s because you still don’t have a clear answer to your problems this is why ༺you see so many specifications and parts.

“We are trying to use the test team we have,ও the concessions and for that reason we are bringing a lot of new stuff to see how it works.”

For Mir, year-two at Honda has been even wors🅷e than his first season at the Japanes𓃲e brand alongside Marc Marquez. 

The 2020 MotoGP champion has suffered a long list of crashes, including the Italian gran🦩d prix at Mugello last Sunday.

Speakin💛g about the post-race test, Mir said: “Obviously we had to change our plans a lot as it wasn’t the best day for testing.

“We went out early and could do a few dry laps as w൩ell as some wet laps.

“There haꩵsn’t been a lot of wꦑet practice during the season, so it was a chance to work on the setting for that.

“It wasn’t a wasted day as we were able to make some progress in the wet but in the dry we couldn’t make any big prꦫogress.”

On the other side of the factory Honda garage, Luca Marini’s adapꦇtation to the RC213ไV is proving to be very slow.

Despite Mugello being a home track 🌜for the Italian, the former Ducati rider was at the back 🌄of the field again in the grand prix.

Like Mir, Marini was able to work on some new parts despite rain playing a big role🎃 in the one-day te𒁃st.

“The rain didn’t make for the best conditions, but 💯nevertheless it was good to be able to try the bike some more in the wet because we need to improve in that area,” added Mari༒ni.

“At the end we’ve had an interesting day, and we we✤re able to try some new things on𒅌 the bike.

“Now we have so𓃲me time to analyse everything and understand🐈 the full plan moving ahead.

“All of the team 𓂃is working hard and pushing a lot, there’s still more work to do but🙈 we are on the way.”