The 52-year-old HRC team manager Aberto Puig is not the poet type. He does not show any more empathy than indulgence. So much so that when he gives a compliment, it's a sort of triple count word in Scrabble made up of the letters with the maximum value. An enjoyable moment which we appreciate all the more as it is aimed at fabio quartararo.
Clearly, in this Spanish Grand Prix, the young Frenchman will have attracted nothing but praise. Already in the Yamaha clan, but also beyond. Up to Honda, with Alberto Puig, who is not the type to get fired up over nothing. In his assessment of the last MotoGP meeting with Jerez, he comments: “ it is clear that with Fabio Quartararo we see that a new generation is closing the gap with the best. This is what we saw in Jerez " said Puig. " The level of the championship is high. We have to be careful and try to get the maximum score every weekend because everything is very tight at the moment » warned the Spaniard.
That being said, he has in his box a phenomenon who returned from Spain with victory: “ we knew that Jerez was a track on which we had to work calmly and step by step. Marc remained calm » said Alberto Puig, manager of the Repsol Honda team. This is not a circuit where you can leave in one lap. You have to do it little by little, as Marc showed. Tenth by tenth, slowly increasing the distance " has explained Puig for the racing strategy that its driver implemented perfectly. “ He waited until he felt comfortable and, once the tires wore down, he was able to keep the pace, but the other drivers did not ».
And among these failed pilots, there is the one who camps on the other side of his box: Jorge Lorenzo : « unfortunately Jorge still doesn't feel comfortable on the bike, we're waiting for him to find what he needs to get there quickly. His strategy was to start well and catch the drivers, but he was unsuccessful and was not satisfied with his result » summarized Puig.
The Repsol Honda team manager was therefore torn after the Spanish Grand Prix: “ what is positive is that Marc and Honda are once again at the top of the drivers' and manufacturers' championships. Marc feels comfortable on the RC213V. On the negative side, Jorge is not in the position we would like to see him in » he admitted.
