If the HRC finds itself short of resolutions for the year ahead in the coming days, it will not be for lack of suggestions from its MotoGP riders. Politely, but clearly, both officials and satellite members of the winged coat of arms are calling for a more docile RC213V. Perhaps not as much as a Yamaha M1, which is each time put forward to explain Johann Zarco's very successful first season in MotoGP. But an opus that comes as close as possible would be very well considered…
An argument that must be made with conviction because engineers in Japan will have no problem responding that their spearhead Marc Márquez took the crown again this year. The fourth time in five appearances among the elite. Not bad for a difficult bike! Yes but here it is, Marc Márquez, it is the phenomenon, the being without which everything would be depopulated.
At Marc VDS Racing and at LCR we warned our beginners that the task would not be easy with the Honda. Marc Márquez he himself asked for a more docile machine. A grievance admitted by the essential Cal Crutchlow who speaks about it with all the more ease because he is on the same wavelength: “ It's even surprising to ask the same thing because generally, I'm a little different from the official drivers. They only drove Hondas. But it seems that this time we have the same priorities. And it's a good thing to go in the same direction ».
Certainly, but it won't be easy. On Motorsport the Englishman specifies: “ It's always complicated to make a different bike because you risk losing its strong points. For us, it's entering the corners. We lost a bit of that this season unless it was our opponents who made progress in this sector ».
« We need to have a motorcycle that is easier to ride. Now there will be no upheavals for next year. More or less, we will have the same thing ". The first tests in Valencia, however, showed a 213 RC2018V going in line with the Englishman's requests. Who, in passing, forgets once again Pedrosa in his equation. And he is surprised after he considers it a danger for him…
In 2017, Cal Crutchlow will have been far from his performances in 2016. In 2018, he will be keen to show that he deserves his official Honda contract and he will share the box with Takaaki Nakagami, one of the beginners in the category.
