Honda enjoyed a rare strong outing at this weekend\u2019s MotoGP Indian Grand Prix, which Joan Mir noted was \u201ca bit of a mystery\u201d.
For the first time in 2023, both factory Honda riders qualified inside the top six, with Mir fifth andMarquez carried this form into Saturday’s sprint, scoring his second podium of the season in third, while in Sunday’s grand prix Mir ended his points drought with a ride to fifth as his team-mate recovered to ninth from an early crash.
Marquez believes Honda’s form at Buddh was strong because the layout is similar in nature to the Circuit of the Americas, where he has dominated at in the past and where“Because it’s a very similar race track compared to Austin,” Marquez said when asked to explain Honda’s India form. “But in this track that is stop-and-go, and [you need to] pick-up [the bike early] and first gear corners, normally our bike works good – very similar to the best bikes.”For Mir, who achieved his best result of his maiden Honda season on Sunday, he highlighted the ability to have been able to better understand the RC213V at the Misano test two weeks ago as helping him.
“Of course, the Misano test was important – not for the position, but I could make a lot of laps and if you check that test in the last laps, they were very fast with used tyres.“And when we came to this completely new track with the ability to adapt quicker than the others, we were fast straight away.“I expected to be fast on Friday, but yesterday we qualified very good. And then in the warm-up again we showed a good pace, and in the race we were fighting for the places I expected.
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