MotoGP: Honda admits its serious problems: “We don't know the solution. We're testing things from 2019”

During the last day in Losail, Marc Mrquez went on track with the motorcycle with which Nakagami played last World Cup.

The verdict of Albert Puig proved as conclusive as disturbing in Losail. “We do not know the solution to our problems. If we knew it we would have already executed it,” revealed the director of Repsol Honda after the last day of official MotoGP training, where his team, led by Marc Mrquez, again accused the problems evidenced during The two previous days.

“We are not well, that is clear. We have been trying things from last year, but also things from two or three years ago,” Puig revealed after the third session on the Qatar track, where Mrquez could only occupy the seventh place, 29 cents more. Slow than the best time of the Yamaha Maverick Vials (1: 53.858).

Of course, this crisis has many similarities with that suffered in 2016, when Mrquez had to overcome the many problems of the preseason and ended up conquering the title in the GP of Japan, three races before the end of the championship.

Perhaps remembering that, Puig prefers to maintain his composure and throw a message confusing enough to his adversaries. “I don't know if we will run with the 2019 motorcycle. We may use the one we had planned for 2021,” said the Japanese brand manager, who also had lex Mrquez and Cal Crutchlow in his garage.

Front train

During the third day, Marc Mrquez tested the mount with which Takaaki Nakagami played the 2019 World Cup. In the absence of profiling all the details of the RC213V, the prototype planned for 2020, Honda needs to redirect the course in the absence of only two weeks for the Start of the championship, on March 8 in Losail.

The main complaint of the pilots during the tests in Losail was the instability of the front wheel at the entrance to the curves. Nor did they seem comfortable with the new rear tire, although Puig played down this factor. “Michelin has done a good job because this rubber has more grip. Now we have to adapt to us,” complet Puig.