It's a small revelation made by Marc Márquez which brings grist to the mill of observers insisting on the fact that without Marc Márquez, Honda would not be there. A theory repeated by Ducati and which annoys Alberto Puig, the manager under the Repsol awning. But there is indeed a Márquez monoculture at HRC and when the star has a weakness, the whole factory is shaken. The proof is what happened this off-season in light of the eight-time champion's convalescence which made Honda deaf to the warnings launched by Cal Crutchlow on his new RC213V...
You miss only one being and everything is depopulated, says the adage. And it seems to fit perfectly with the reality of the adventure Honda in MotoGP, combined on the tempo Marc Márquez. The latter indeed reveals that his offseason disrupted by a shoulder having difficulty recovering from an operation on November 27, 2019 has blurred the Japanese's vision of realities. However, during this time, Cal Crutchlow provided food for thought…
The point of divergence arrived at Sepang. Cal Crutchlow then pointed out the great difficulty of getting the new RC213V into the slightest bend. A suffering shared by Marc Márquez. But the pitfall was put down to his physical state being far from being at its best. Which is not very rewarding for the English…
« The preseason has been very interesting because honestly, we got a little lost during the test in Malaysia. The team and I then admitted that the cornering problems were due to my physical condition " said Márquez on the official MotoGP website.
« J’arrivais et je disais “ok, c’est peut-être l’épaule” mais la moto était si lourde pour tourner dans les virages lents, les virages rapides… Puis nous sommes arrivés au Qatar et mon état s’est amélioré, mais le problème de virage était toujours le même. » Like the comments of Crutchlow that no one noted at HRC.
It was therefore necessary to review its copy at Losail, with the decisions that we know, putting it back in the spotlight solutions for the 2019 season, like the fairing. Which partly worked. “ We tried a set of parts from the 2019 bike and we started analyzing the whole situation, trying to find the problem and, honestly, the last day was the one where we were finally ready to start the season satisfactorily ", said Marc Márquez.
« We would like to be at a better level, but we were not bad at all, fighting for the podium in the first race. » Then the coronavirus changed the situation and the calendar. We are now waiting for the motorcycles to return to the track. They are expected next August, on the Red Bull Ring.
