Johann Zarco singled out Honda’s new carbon fibre swingarm as offering a clear step forward during hisꦜ debut on the prototype part in Monday’s Aragon test.

HRC test rider Aleix Espargaro, who has helped develop the composite swingarm behind closed doors, signalled the part was ready for the race riders during a wild-card appearance at the previous Silversto൲ne round.

Zarco and Joan Mir duly got their chance to try it at ꦍthe of🌞ficial test.

Honda test carbon fibre swingarm at MotoGP test

“Many laps today,” said 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Johann Zarco, who was 17th fastest. “✤I was not able to do big step in lap time, but that was not the target. The target was tꦰo try all these things.

“The biggest thing we have tried is the carbon swingarm, which was very interesting. We got a better performance with it. Now we will have to wait a bit to get it on 💎the bike [in a race weeken🌳d].”

Pressed on if he was happy with the test, after a tough race weekend, the Frenchman re🃏plied:

“Yeah, for example this swingarm… ‘wow’, that was the thing working the best. So I'm happy that this big part of the bike, where sometimes the comments of the rider is not huge,♕ for me it was nice. So this was good.

“We gained a lot in acceleration, but also on the braking, we have better control of the rear grip. Immediately, the lap �ꦇ�time was better.”

The only bad news is the timeframe needed to create💖 enough carbon fibre swingarms.

“I think it will be for 🃏the overseas races. So I need to wait a bit,” he said.

Meanwhile, Zarco ಌwas coyer on the other, less visi💎ble RC213V developments.

“Th💜en we have tested things that we have tested already in Jerez, but it's very technical things on the bike.

“It's something that Honda is developing which I think can open some 💙new doors that I hope will give us🐽 advantage for next year.”