It’s a Cal Crutchlow delighted to have been congratulated by his prestigious compatriots from the Royal Automobile Club who will fly to the Malaysia. There, he will not take his trophy rewarding him for the panache of his good 2016 season, but he will find a Honda version 2017 which he admits to knowing nothing about. On the other hand, he hopes that it will be within the reach of all pilots equipped with RC213V, unlike last year. An eternal debate within the HRC.
The idea that Honda works only for Marc Márquez is well anchored within the Honda clan. During the first part of last season, this feeling was not hidden, and readily distilled by Dani Pedrosa et Cal Crutchlow. On the other hand, when we see the results aligned by the same Márquez, we cannot blame the HRC for having made its choices.
And for 2017? The British double winner last year hopes for a more consensual approach from the Japanese engineers: “ I know there are a lot of things we could improve » explains the LCR pilot on Motorsport. " And they improved a lot last year if you remember their performance level during the first tests in Malaysia. Marc ultimately won the championship. But it must be admitted that it mainly comes from him ».
« I think they know what they're doing in Japan. There are a lot of skills there. Just put them together to make a motorcycle that anyone can ride. That's what they end up doing. But about what awaits us this season, I know nothing. I have heard of a few things, but we will have to wait and see what they will bring us in Malaysia ».
« In Sepang, nothing will be set in stone, and it will probably only be in Qatar that we will have a definitive motorcycle » An approach also taken by Ducati which has however already surprised with solutions seen from the test gallop of the test pilots before the big start on January 30 of the official entrants.
At Honda; we know that we worked a lot on the engine: “ I have always had good relations with Honda technicians. I give them information and then they are the ones in charge. They know the direction I'd like them to take, but I'm not the one running the store ". Mean by that it is Marc Marquez the captain. A status legitimized by three world titles in four years spent in MotoGP.
