Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig says the marque “did good improvements theoretically” to its 2024 bike, but is “confused” by a lack of results.
The Japanese manufacturer has made an abysmal start to the new campaign on its radically overhauled RC213V package. Scoring just eight points out of a possible 111 from the opening three rounds, no Honda rider has cracked the top 10 yet in either sprint or grand prix. In last weekend's Americas Grand Prix, only one Honda rider – Luca Marini – finished the race, albeit 33.529s off the pace at a track it won at 12 months earlier with Alex Rins.
We did big changes on the bike, we did good improvements theoretically. 'But you cannot see it on track. At this time we are a little bit confused. We are trying a lot, but we cannot see anything really impressive on track. This is true.' Joan Mir was highly critical of Honda on Friday at the Americas GP, saying it had to 'take responsibility' for going in the wrong direction with the RC213V concept this season. After the US round, Mir added: 'It's desperate.
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