Joan Mir: “We can’t expect a big leap at this stage”
"Itꦗ’s about step by step, making steady progress and we can’t expect a big leap at this stage.”
Joan Mir has played down expectations of a Honda breakthrough during his first home Spanish MotoGP round of the season, at Jerez, this weekend.
Honda re💟turns to Europe after enduring ๊a disastrous COTA round.
Following the high of victory with Alex Rins in 2023, the four Honda riders languished at the bottom of the timesheets for much of the 2024 Americas weekenꦇd.
Mir’s team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini was the only RCV rider to reach the chequered flag, in last place, during both the Spr𓆉int and Grand Prix races.
“I think coming to a race like Jerez where you have all the home fans to suppo🔜rt you will be a help after the tough weekend we had in Austin,” Mir said.
“It’s important to put that behind us and keep working like we did at the start of the♏ year to uꦍnderstand the capability of the bike this weekend.”
After COTA, Repsol riders Mir and Luca Marini joined HRC test rider Stefan Bradl in a private outing at Barcelo🧜na.
But if any ma🔯jor developments appear at Jerez, it seems it will only be after the race weekend,🌸 during the official Monday test.
“We are realistic about what is possᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚible, and we need to focus on making improvements and aiming for more in the future,” Mir said. “It’s about step by step, making 𓆏steady progress and we can’t expect a big leap at this stage.”
New R🀅epsol signing Marini can at least count on some previous private testing laps on the Honda at Jerez, as well as Bra𝕴dl’s test data at the track.
“It’s another weekend to keep working with the team and aim for more improvements,” said the🐻 Italian.
“Now is not the time to stop working, we have to keep on gathering informati🌠on and not only trying to improve our current package but also working on developments for the future.
“Jerez is a good track for this kind of job, the Test Team has done a lot of testing here and will be with us this wꦗeekend so it will be interesting to see what we can learn from this.”
Bradl will be making his first wild-card appearance of the season this weekend, alongside fellow test riders Dani Ped▨rosa (KTM) and Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia).
LCR's Takaaki Nakagami was the top💎 Honda finisher, in nin𒀰th, at Jerez last year.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20𓃲 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
