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

HRC test rider Aleix Espargaro, who has helpe♏d develop the compos🧜ite swingarm behind closed doors, signalled the part was ready for the race riders during a wild-card appearance at the previous Silverstone round.

Zarco and Joan Mir duly got their chance to try it at the offi🐟cial test.

Honda test carbon fibre swingarm at MotoGP test

“Many laps today,” said 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 to try all these things.

“Tඣhe 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 weekend].”

P🐼ressed on if he was happy wi💞th the test, after a tough race weekend, the Frenchman replied:

“Yeah, for example this swingarm… ‘wow’, that was the thing work⛎ing 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 thiౠs was good.

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

The only bad n💝ews is the timeframe needed to create 🌳enough carbon fibre swingarms.

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

Me🍨anwhile, Zarco was coyer on the other,🤡 less visible RC213V developments.

“Then 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 giveജ us advantage for next year.”