The 2020 MotoGP champion ended the two-day test fastest of all four Honda ridꦫers, which was the first timeꦡ that’s happened during pre-season testing.

However, the gap from himself, Marquez and former Suzuki teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins remained significant to the leadinꦉg Ducati riders.

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That was also the case on day-one to the likes of Aprilia’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Raul Fernandez and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira, suggesting a lot of work stil⛄l needs to be done at ꦓHonda in order for the Japanese manufacturer to become a consistent challenger for wins once again. 

While not fully comfortable aboard the RC213V, Mir did admit that the Portimao test was a step in the right direction: "Today [Sunday] we were able to make some more progress forward in adapting to the Honda. There is still a lot I need to learn and adapt to because it’s still a new bike and some aspects that are not yet second natu♚re. 

"Overall it has be๊en an off-season of pro⛦gress but of course as a rider you are always wanting more and more. 

♎"We h🅘ead into the opening races wanting to keep improving and to see what’s possible."

Puig confirms Honda ‘must improve’ ahead of new MotoGP season

With testing over and little over a week to goꦿ before the new campaign gets underway, Honda are ꦐin a race against time to find more performance.

Marquez has already stated that fiℱghting for wins and podiums is out of the question as it stands, while Team Manager at Repsol Honda, Alberto Puig, agrees.

"We have done a lot of tests, and tried a lot of components," Puig told . "But we are still on the way. We cannot say that we’ve fo♓und what we are looking for yet.

"We still have work to do, this is the reality. When you check the lap times ꦕand you are 0.7s from the leaders, it means you must step up. You must improve.

"I𒊎f you find a 🌸way, everything is positive. But if you have ‘yes’ and ‘no’ then you need to finally make that step.

"Honda are not where we want to be. W🌺e think we know what we can do. Are we 100% happy? Clearly, no. We need to improve, this is our main target and what we are going to do."