The news from Honda and Yamaha for 2024 will be two of the points of attention this Monday at the Marco Simoncelli World Circuit in Misano where the MotoGP activity will continue with the important official post-race test where the two Japanese brands will present at the championship. present the first 2024 prototype to their respective world champions.
The test day will be divided into two sessions: from 9 am to 12:45 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm and all official drivers along with testers from the five brands in the championship are invited, some of them present that is in the past. weekend at the San Marino GP as was the case with Dani Pedrosa for KTM, Stefan Bradl for Honda and Michele Pirro for Ducati. This Monday they will be joined by Lorenzo Savadori for Aprilia and Cal Crutchlow for Yamaha.
Although Marc Márquez He has already hinted that he knows where he will be riding in 2024, but still refuses to confirm it directly, many expect to see him on the bike that Stefan Bradl rode in competition this weekend. “I want to see facts, and not just tomorrow in the test. PDFs are no longer valid and it will be done, it will be done, we have to see facts. In a project the pilot must demand facts, not words,” Marc explained to DAZN.
“They’ve been promising things for too long. Tomorrow I’m going to test a motorcycle that they’ve been working on for a year. I have my timing and my theories, but a rider is going to die and every time something is missing one,” he explained.
Fabio Quartararo He is in the same situation with Yamaha, although he has not made any attempt not to fulfill the contract that binds him until the end of 2024, as if it was questioned in the case of Marc Márquez and Honda.
“The only thing I really want this year is the Misano test. I am not giving up anything, even if in terms of position it is not what we want. I am not going to say that there is no hope, but in any case we are fighting to find a solution to improve”, settled the Devil
Joan Mirwho rode behind Stefan Bradl to see the progress at Honda, was not too optimistic: “Tomorrow I will have the mentality to focus on 2024. I see Bradl riding before he is overtaken, and it is not because I saw me any step forward. He has a little more acceleration than me, but not like other bikes. The first impression from the first outing will be the most important.
“If we ride a bike that they tell us is a completely different concept, and we don’t notice it right away, that’s not a good sign. I don’t like small changes; we need a big one,” he added .
Source: La Verdad
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