At Honda the black series continues. The world's leading manufacturer with almost unlimited resources turns out to be a colossus with feet of clay. It was enough for its leader Marc Marquez to have a serious humerus injury to lose his lead. What followed this season was like a punishment: Cal Crutchlow's forearms were exhausted and Stefan Bradl's body was asking for a break. As a result, in Misano this weekend there will only be two RC213Vs out of four, a pattern that could be repeated in Barcelona, which will be the next event. But replacements must still be found. So the boss in the box Alberto Puig offers to go there himself…
The reflection is meant to be funny, but at the same time it shows the full extent of the slump that is hitting Honda this season in MotoGP. Marc Marquez is convalescent, as Cal Crutchlow, and now as Stefan bradl... At HRC, we are starting to have a serious shortage of drivers... For the next Grand Prix in Catalonia, there is a real question of numbers that arises: “ we don't know if Bradl will be in Catalonia »Comments Alberto puig who already knows that strong doubts hover over the participation of Cal Crutchlow.
« The theory says yes, but at the moment the theory is not applied. If it wasn't like that, I don't know, I would tell Crivillé to run or I will run because there are no more drivers. We didn't think about it » adds the Spaniard half-fig, half-grape.
“If Marc Márquez was on the track, they would make fewer mistakes”
A situation that borders on chaos as the same Puig also identifies in the physiognomy of this incredible season: “ what is obvious is that this happens because there is no clear leader. There is no driver who takes 25 points every weekend. It's true that there is a lot of turnover, people make mistakes ". Why do they do so much? Alberto puig returns and insists on his theory since the beginning of the absence of his champion: “ if Marc Márquez was on the track, they would make fewer mistakes because people would be more focused and everything would be much more as it should be. Not with these points and people who would be ahead without having made a mistake ».
A sharing of points which also maintains hope in its own camp… “ Nakagami is 23 points behind the first, we wonder why he couldn't win the championship, being 23 points behind, it's nothing ". In the meantime, we will have to manage the crisis, because as one says Alex Marquez who is having the greatest difficulty maintaining his rank as a Repsol Honda driver: “ I don't have a crystal ball, even Marc doesn't know when he will return. He will come back when he is 100%, so for now he has to be patient because it is necessary. I obviously hope he comes back as soon as possible ". All Honda shares the same hope...
