If you want to annoy Alberto Puig who already has a natural predisposition to dark moods, you have to tell him that if the Honda wins, it is only because there is a Marc Márquez phenomenon on it. Implied: if a gifted rider were not on the handlebars, we would realize that the RC213V is anything but a motorcycle capable of winning titles and victories every season. The director of the official Repsol team doesn't want to hear about that, so much so that he opposes another approach which would convince us of a completely contrary situation...
Alberto puig fights against this idea which wants Honda owes its success only to its pilot Marc Márquez. It must be said that the results encourage this conclusion. Alone Jim Redman can claim six crowns with a Honda, like today Marc Márquez who does better than Mick doohan with 56 victories against 54 for his Australian elder. In terms of pole positions, he also leads with a score of 62 to 58.
Although most of the podiums with Honda were still conquered by Dani Pedrosa (112) Márquez is in second place with the same Doohan. Both have 95. In the fastest race laps, Márquez is ahead again Doohan with 56 against 46. And what can we say about this past season which ended with more than 400 points, a record, no less than twelve victories and six second places on nineteen occasions? He is the great architect of the Tokyo manufacturer's triple crown and the only victor on the RC213V this year.
Meanwhile, Crutchlow was content with three podiums while we know what happened to Jorge Lorenzo as Nakagami. SO ? SO Alberto puig remains straight in his boots on this hypothesis of a difficult Honda whose faults are masked by the talent of Marc Marquez : " I think it's not a fact, it's just an idea ". And he counterattacks: “ the fact is Honda has won the title for the last 18 years, won ten times with four or five different riders. »
The same Puig adds that at Yamaha, however, there were only two riders, and at Ducati only one. “ Based on these facts we can say that the easiest motorcycle to ride is the Honda, because it has won the championship with many riders ", explain Puig. He accepts neither criticism nor doubt on this subject.
« I don't know what the other teams are saying, but it's not that important for us. The best performance of a team is not limited to the bike or the rider, it's the whole structure, so each team has its own path and tries to do its best ", keep on going Puig.
That the competition is sometimes jealous of the exceptional talent of Márquez , Puig knows this very well. However, he says: “ we have these drivers and other teams can try to get them, I don't think it's a crucial point. Looking at the history of the championship, Honda has won many titles with different riders including Rossi, Hayden, Marc, Casey ", said Puig. “ It's not a fact » that Honda was only victorious with Márquez .
Honda will still make sure to keep its Marc Márquez no matter the cost. It's his brother álex who will be his teammate next year. Will he be able to demonstrate the theory of an easy RC213V put forward by Alberto puig ?
