Alberto Puig‘Manager’ of the Repsol Honda team, reviewed the Portimao MotoGP Grand Prix, after that He considers they need to improve the bike because they don’t have “easy races”.
“We need to improve our bike“, Puig admitted after the sixth and ninth place achieved in the Portuguese test by Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró, respectively.
“We didn’t get the perfect set-up and we probably needed more time to grasp our bike on this track.“, Puig admitted in an interview offered to Repsol Honda’s official media.
For the Portimao GP race, Honda drivers chose different tires. “Pol Espargaró chose the tough tire and it went well for him. Marc Márquez chose the medium. For his different riding styles, it was good and the choice was rightPuig explained.
“Being within 16 seconds of winning is not the goal. This is not good for us and we need to improve it“, explained Honda’s’ manager ‘. However, he got a positive point and that was” two points closer “to the drivers’ championship, although their performance was not” as good “as they expected.
From Repsol Honda they are already looking at the next race, the Jeréz Grand Prix, which is on Sunday May 1. “We have to wait and see what the situation is, aim for a better race and try to understand what would happen if we weren’t there in the racing group.Said Puig.
Source: La Verdad
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