The first MotoGP pre-season test of 2023 begins this weekend at Sepang - there, Honda will be hoping to see a turnaround in fortunes. 📝 uri_puigdemont explains why Marc Marquez's future at Honda could hinge on how the new bike performs in testing ⬇️
As the rider considered by many to be the most influential in the history of the brand, along with Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan, it's logical that most of the elements in the Honda revival equation revolve around Marc Marquez.
"Unfortunately, Ducati is ahead of us," the executive commented a few weeks ago."It's frustrating to see that we're behind in that respect, that we're chasing. That makes it so we don't have the luxury of trying new things at the moment. We want to change that trend as quickly as possible." Stefan Bradl, HRC's test rider, has already put the 2023 RC213V through its paces at the Sepang shakedown this weekThe potential of the bike that Marquez and Joan Mir test this weekend will likely set a turning point in Honda's trajectory. Either in an upward line, or the other way around. In the latter case, anyone would think that it is difficult for the Tokyo factory to do worse.
Before crashing out at Jerez three years ago, Marquez's worst season was in 2015, when he finished third with 242 points and five wins and nine podiums. That performance would have led him to fight for the title last year The ordeal he suffered as a result of that injury has recalibrated the margin Marquez gives himself to achieve his goals. Few now see him competing beyond the age of 35 or 36. Until that time, when he decides to stop racing, there is only one goal on his mind: to win the title again. But the recipe to win the crown again is not the same that led him to do it the six previous times, in which it could be said that he practically swept the board.
At this point, one concludes that Honda needs Marquez more than ever. The doubt lies in knowing if the company is able to respond to his compass, to the cornerstone of its project, to the one who has supported the whole HRC scaffolding practically alone.
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