Joan Mir says Tuesday on the Barcelona MotoGP take a look at “wasn’t a productive day” for him or Honda as “all the pieces we tried, we’ve got tried earlier than”.
Honda concluded its worst season in MotoGP final weekend on the Solidarity Grand Prix, through which it was final within the constructors’ championship with simply 75 factors.
Whereas it has used its standing as a concession producer to make progress with its RC213V, significantly n the latter a part of the marketing campaign with the introduction of a brand new aero package deal that improved turning, it’s nonetheless removed from being a podium contender.
Within the official take a look at after the San Marino GP, Honda introduced new gadgets, together with the aero, which led to its increase in type.
However on this week’s Barcelona take a look at, through which Mir was fifteenth after 67 laps, he was left disheartened by what he felt was a scarcity of latest gadgets.
“Not very joyful. It wasn’t a productive day,” he mentioned.
“The whole lot we tried we’ve got tried earlier than. We didn’t have any new upgrades that allowed us to be quicker.
“We have been working with our normal package deal and with a package deal up to now that wasn’t working.
“So, you possibly can think about the day was not the day I anticipated. I simply hope that subsequent week in Jerez we are going to obtain extra upgrades.”
When requested by Crash.internet if he felt Honda was working laborious sufficient, he replied: “That is what I assumed, however the actuality is that we anticipated rather more.”
Mir says that Honda instructed him the explanation he had no new gadgets to attempt was due to “the timings; they didn’t make it”.
The 2020 world champion additionally famous that the post-season take a look at is among the “vital factors” of the 12 months that Honda has now missed to introduce a brand new bike.
“Usually, the details in the course of the 12 months, the Misano take a look at is one, we obtained some aerodynamics which have been working, a unique engine configuration,” he mentioned.
“And Valencia, or on this case Barcelona, the final take a look at of the season is at all times tremendous vital.
“It was up to now the place you could possibly see two bikes in Honda, within the producers, you usually see one other new bike. We didn’t get it. I hope that we get it quickly.”
