This is sensational news concerning the Honda MotoGP project that we discovered this morning in the columns of the always well-informed Speedweek site. The essential Günther Wiesinger announces to us that, during the next Spanish Grand Prix, at the end of April, an RC213V will present itself at the start of Jerez with a chassis built by Kalex. If this were the case, it would be a terrible admission of powerlessness and a bitter failure.
Would the prestigious HRC trigram no longer be able to build a frame for its RC213V? It must be said that the question has been asked for three years now. Marc Marquez notably declared, during this offseason: “ our engine is quite powerful, but we have no traction and therefore reach top speed on the straights later than our competitors. This is why we cannot exceed ».
At the first test in Valencia in November, the eight-time World Champion was so disappointed with what Honda suggested to him in terms of evolution that he had gone into a rage. In Malaysia, for the first laps, he had four machines at his disposal and none convinced him. For the last two days in Portimao, nothing sensational has been validated to change the situation at Honda. A debacle that would have caused the Japanese to eat their hats.
Will the craftsman Kalex save the giant Honda?
According to the German-speaking site speedweek, the German brand Kalex, whose collaboration with HRC began and developed around the swingarm, will actually build and supply the skeleton of the RC213V. Whose engine remains Japanese, all the same. According to Günther Wiesinger, Marc Marquez will test the new Kalex chassis to compare it with the Japanese chassis on Monday May 1 after the Jerez Grand Prix. The test pilot Stefan bradl will participate in the Spanish Grand Prix from April 28 to 30 with a wild card. He could compete in this meeting with the Kalex chassis and thus prepare it for Monday's test for the Repsol officials who are Marc Marquez et Joan mir.
We are now waiting for the reaction of Honda to this revelation. The honor of the brand is at stake while if this were confirmed, the winged coat of arms would move from timidity to collaborate with Europeans to downright subcontracting, which would be unprecedented from a brand that has always been jealous of her secrets. But are there still any that deserve our attention? In view of the time sheets which subscribe the Honda in the second part of the rankings, it seems not.
