The Japanese manufacturer have eꦜndured a horrific season and their star man, Marquez, has only♋ recently returned from a fourth major surgery.

Marquez missed six races yet is still the highest placed Honda rider in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2022 MotoGP standings, in 13th place, underlining the woes of a team who⛦, for the first time in 40 years, did no▨t score a single point in a MotoGP race earlier this season in Germany.

Repsol Honda rider Marquez spoke about how Japanese manufacturers have ꦑfallen behind European counterparts: “The pandemic affected our sport and, once it has passed, it has been seen that the Asian factories as Honda, Yamaha or Suzuki have been more affected than ot💫hers. 

“I think it has hurt them even more especially because in 2020 and 2021 most of the championship was done at Euroඣpean circuits. 

“Then all the Asian engineers came to live in Europe, but they were no longer in the factory. A lot of communication and 🐲level of work went down a bit, although it's no excuse because at the end of the day you are in a world championship and you have to know how to adapt to changes as well, otherw👍ise you are overtaken, and in this case, maybe because of protocol and everything that went with it, there were bigger forces that they couldn't adapt to. 

“In this case Honda has worked and right now they are still working because normality has returned in their country.🦂 

“Let's hope that for 2023 they take a big step forward, but I can't reproach them for anything because I see that the effort is maximum, the involvement is maximum too and I can feel in them the desi♏re to win again. Then there is also the importance of making every step in the right direction.”    

Marquez impressed in a fourth-placed finish at the Japanese MotoGP where he also qualified in pole position b꧂ut has ins💟isted that the remainder of this season is about testing his bike ahead of relaunching a title challenge in 2023.

"Honda made a big change,” he said. “They are working very hard, but a big change doesn't mean goinওg for the betteꦕr. In this case we have made a change that is better than the year before. 

“The bike is better, but there are some rivals, other factories, that c🐠onfirm if that change was good enough or not. 

“In that case the change was not enough because there are two or three brands that are ahead of us right no𒀰w. I speak in the plural because we are a team and, when we win, the whole team wins, and when thi𒅌ngs don't work out, it's all about a team as well. 

“Honda is working hard for 2023 because things are not working out. I know I haven't been on track, but that's not an excuse. Some of the riders they have right now, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez, are world champions and I think the potential 💖of all Honda riders isౠ not to be in the positions they have been in lately.”   

Six-time MotoGP champion Marquez co♔n♑tinued: “Ready to win again is the big question. You may feel ready, but maybe there are some opponents who may be more ready than you. 

“So we'll see. I think my goal for the whole win൲ter is to do well ꦜand finish a consistent and complete season. I think that 2023 is still a long way off. 

“ꦦThere are still three races left 🃏and, in order to keep evolving, we are working hard with the team and with Honda to develop a bike which is not at its peak level of performance right now as we are seeing Honda riders suffering a little bit more than is normal, even if that is just part of the competition itself. 

“Some years a bike may 'struggle', and this year that's something affecting all the Honda rid🧜ers.”

He has demanded that Honda enable him to fight for the MotoGP championship in 2023, after being forced to watch 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia duke it out this year.   

“If you are📖 a Honda rider, you race with the Repsol Honda Team and, well, you have the track record you have, you must fight for the World Championship. That's the goal,” he saiꦗd. 

“Every year, when you start, the illusion, the motivation and the focus is to fight for th𒐪e World Championship. 

“Then the rivals put you in your place, they give you the answer. They will tell you if you can or can't make it, but the intention when you enter year🦂 2023, on January 1st, the goal is to fight for the Worlౠd Championship. 

“After that, anything less than winning will not be a job done. However, during the season you may also have to know how to change and improvise and, above all, be realistic with every situation because the season is very long and if, for whatever reason, yo🔥u find it♋ difficult at the beginning, you can't throw in the towel. 

“Then yo🍒u have to set yourself other motivations and other smaller goals to contin♓ue to fight with the same desire.”