Honda hit with “expected more” criticism at Misano test: “What worries me is…”

Joan Mir says "I was expecti💛ng more from this test"

Joan Mir
Joan Mir

Joan Mir has delivered an aggrieved judgement♏ of Honda’s efforts at the Misano test.

A new fairing (whi𒈔ch looks similar to Ducati’s), chassis items and new aerodynamics were on the age♔nda for the RC213V riders.

But Repsol Honda’s Mir was not satisfied.

“We tried aero, we tried stuff that we’d tried before at the previous te👍st that was not wꦿorking,” Mir said.

“I was expe🧸cting more. I was expecting morꦓe from this test.

“T🀅o try things properly that were⛎n’t working, to try more things.

“They made a great job on the aerodynꦍa🍌mic side but, in the race, we didn’t improve at all.

“I expected a lot more.

“What worries me a bit is that the next test is in Valencia, and that will d꧂ecide next year.

“We are far, to have one working line, and aဣn idea to make a competitive🦂 bike for next year. We are very far from that.

“We need to work🍒 harder to make the process of evolut🗹ion shorter.”

Mir acknowledged the sole positive from the one-day test: “The aero can give you more turniꦿng into the fast corners.

“It’s a small thing whic💎h helps a lot. Especially at this tracꦡk, at Turn 11, it was positive.

“For the wheelie, it was slightly better.

“I’m happy for that - but disappoin🙈ted in the otheꦡr side.”

However, teammate Luca Marini offered some hope: “We were able to feel the difference in what Honda brought here and I hope that my feedback can help them with the dಞiಌrection to go.

“I think we found some positives not just for the future, but al🌠so f🦋or the next few races.”

LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco also had some 🐻positive feedback, 24 hours after claiming that the “project does not work at all”.

༒Zarco insisted after a day of testing: “I think we underst൩and more things.”

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