After the small fire that started with Honda at the Portimao GP a week ago as a result of the statement Alex Marquez on Media Day where he said Honda is working on two development lines, one for the Márquez brothers and another for Pol Espargaró and Taka Nakagami, Márquez’s minor correction/clarification came yesterday to limit himself to the official version without two lines of work. What’s certain is that Honda won’t wait for the post-race IRTA test on Monday to start fixing the problem bothering them, the corner entry and the bike’s rotation. They are able to spin it more or less on wide rails and have open and round curves as they saw in the preseason, and they have problems with short and chaotic, like Europeans. They will start FP1 this Friday to invest in it.
Alex clarified
“I think the words are not understood, we are not working in two directions, but we are all working in the same direction and the evolutions that are coming are for everyone, not just for some pilots. And there we will all improve. the problem at the front end ”, corrected LCR Honda rider Alex Márquez.
“What I said, maybe because of the riding styles, Marc and I are suffering a bit or the problem is more pronounced, but if there are improvements up front and we get the bike to be better and have a better “Sensations, Nakagami and Pol will take an important step forward and take more from the strong point of this bike, compared to last year, which was the rear grip”, explains Alex Márquez.
Pol Espargaró confirms that there is only one line of development
Pol Espargaró confirmed, after his surprise last week, that “there are no two lines of work, or three, or four. It used to be like that, but this year, with the new bike, it can’t necessarily be like that because the bike is completely new and there hasn’t been time to develop it with different chassis or swingarms or different configurations that are crazy because we don’t have time . The motorcycle is the one that is for everyone and if the front end improves it will improve for everyone, because it should be in all factories and that the fastest is the one at the top and the slowest at the bottom, regardless of team colors or whether it is factory or satellite. This is what others do and how it should be at Honda, ”Polyccio said.
We made a few trails before the start of the weekend where each of us could shoot, also including Stefan (Bradl, the tester), who runs as a guest, in my case, a slight extreme change (in the peso cast) which is why we became fast at the end of the year using the old bike, which may or may not work for us. We want to anticipate the test because if we try it on Monday and it works, we will pull our hair out. We will start tomorrow (for today) ”.
Marc Márquez, first base
Marc Márquez, star at a press conference, said that “this is a bike that works better on large circuits, as we saw in the preseason in Malaysia or Indonesia, but on small circuits, when we have to turn is which is difficult for us. Whether the solution is near or far I do not know. The potential is there, but we need to bring it out. “
“My exam starts on Friday, not on new things. We have to find a base first. The others are already so fighting at the top. This is the first thing to do, a base where we are comfortable and, from there, improve. Talking about a title today is too optimistic, I have to first build my choices “, insisted Marc
Source: La Verdad
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