LCR MotoGP crew boss Lucio Cecchinnello says Honda “did nothing when it comes to improvement” whereas Marc Marquez sat out the 2020 season with damage.
Eight-time world champion Marquez and Honda dominated a lot of the 2010s, with the partnership successful the title from 2013-2014 and 2016-2019.
Marquez’s 2019 was his most dominant, as he gained 12 instances and completed second at each different race bar one to win his sixth premier class crown by 151 factors over Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso.
However the RC213V was proving tough for the remainder of the Honda steady by this level, with solely Cal Crutchlow in a position to get to the rostrum in 2019 alongside Marquez.
When Marquez badly broke his proper arm on the opening spherical of the COVID-affected 2020 season, Honda endured its first winless marketing campaign within the premier class because it returned full-time in 1982.
With Marquez suffering from additional damage woes via 2021 and 2022, Honda steered bike improvement in a solution to attempt to higher swimsuit its complete roster.
Nevertheless, on this time up till the tip of 2024, Honda has three winless seasons up to now 5.
In an interview with GPOne, Cecchinello – who has fielded Honda bikes since 2006 in MotoGP – opened up on how a lot Marquez’s damage layoff hindered HRC.
“The bike with Marc was positive, he was in a position to deal with the particular entrance of the Honda and used a tougher tyre than the others,” he stated.
“An instance is the race originally of the 2020 season; in Jerez he overtook everybody, then he misplaced the entrance and after getting again on the bike he confirmed an ideal comeback.
“Then Honda stated to attend till Marc recovered, however as we all know there have been problems.
“Throughout Marc’s absence, we did nothing when it comes to improvement whereas the others continued to develop their initiatives.
“The work began to maneuver extra in direction of aerodynamics and in 2021, when Marc did some races, he then reported on the progress the others had made.”
Marquez left Honda on the finish of 2023 because the bike’s kind failed to enhance, with the Spaniard becoming a member of the Gresini Ducati squad for 2024.
Final season, he gained three grands prix – his first since 2021 – and signed a manufacturing unit cope with Ducati for 2025.
