Phillip Island.- The Honda rider is piling up work, in addition to continuing with the recovery process of his right arm, operated on for the fourth time in early June, a path that seems clearer every time, the runner must prepare , during the grand prix, the races and testing new parts with a view to the 2023 bike, which is the point where HRC has concentrated its greatest strength right now.
This Friday, in the peculiar Australian circuit, where gusts of air can condition any conclusion in the aerodynamic devices, Honda mounted on the tail of Marc Márquez’s motorcycle wings identical to those used by Ducati since the middle of the season, in addition to other pieces of a new aerodynamic package.
“I tried a new fairing. I already tried it in (the test of) Misano , but we didn’t homologate it then because that way we had the opportunity to continue working and evolve it. The result is what we have seen here. The feeling is different, but the bike it becomes less physical,” the runner explained.
For Marc, work is crowded in his garage, so he doesn’t have much time to look for an ideal set-up for the race.
“I’ve tried a lot of different set-ups. It’s very difficult to do it in a grand prix, so I stuck with the Thai set-up,” he reported.
By regulation, the teams can present aerodynamic modifications in this circuit due to its uniqueness, which would not count as an update.
“Tomorrow I will continue with this aerodynamics, but I still have to know the plan for the day,” he added.
The main trick of these changes is to make the RC213V less tiring to ride.
“The important thing is that, on a physical level, I notice that I have taken a step. I feel good and I give it my all. If I wake up well tomorrow I will give it my all,” he maintains.
“Obviously, by trying things, you sacrifice some potential with a view to the race, you are a little more conditioned,” he acknowledged.
If Pecco Bagnaia explained that he had relied on the advice of Casey Stoner on Thursday, Marc Márquez recalled that the Australian finished his career with Honda.
“When I got to MotoGP I had access to Stoner’s data and I copied him on many things,” he explained, before assuring that he agrees with the Australian that the bikes are less and less of a rider and more of an engineer.
“Stoner has told me that he hates seeing these bikes from the outside. But you see: the bike with the wings that I have tried is uglier than the one without them. But this is about effectiveness. The direction in which we are going, the one that the manufacturers signed with Dorna, because I don’t like it either. Because you depend more and more on the bike and less on the rider. As you add more elements to the bike, it becomes easier to hide the defects of the pilot. But you have to adapt to the environment, otherwise, you die”, settled the one from Cervera .
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