There's apparently going to be a lot to debrief at Honda regarding Alex Rins' latest victory in Austin. An achievement which ended an 18-month drought for the world's leading manufacturer while the Spaniard is the first driver since Cal Crutchlow in 2018 to show that you can finish first with an RC213V, without necessarily being called Marc Mark. And also without following its technical instructions? This is what seems to emerge from this latest clarification from Lucio Cecchinello, happy boss of the LCR team in Austin…
Was it Honda finally knew how to build chassis and would not need to rely on Kalex for its RC213V project in MotoGP? A question which could also completely call into question the expertise of Marc Marquez in this matter. Which would certainly make some noise. But the fact is thatalex rins won the Grand Prix of the Americas, after a solid performance during qualifying and the Sprint, with its dedicated chassis and which is the one seen at Sepang during the off-season.
An opus criticized by Marc Marquez who then had another one, tried by Kidneys in Argentina. The latter would also have wanted to evaluate that of Mir and make comparisons. But he was refused. A veto that the Spaniard took for a lack of consideration. But with this revelation of Lucio Cecchinello, it’s about something completely different…
« Our plan was to continue testing two different chassis, give Honda better information and move forward with the development of the bike »
We read of the Italian boss on motorsport.es : " it was us who, with Honda, curbed Alex's enthusiasm to try new elements to avoid taking risks ". He adds : " we don't want not make the mistake to go in a direction without being sure that it is the right one. When the advanced chassis arrived, Alex wanted to use it on both bikes. But our plan was to continue testing two different chassis, get clearer ideas, give Honda better information and move forward with the development of the bike. It's clear we were right about that ».
Therefore, to say, Lucio Cecchinello stopped the chassis race at Honda asymptote of a wind of panic to concentrate on that initially planned. He worked on it with his team and alex rins to bring him to victory Austin. If that, it's not a demonstration made at HRC that we shouldn't just listen Marc Marquez...
The reunion in Jerez for the Spanish Grand Prix will be worth the detour in the clan Honda, which seems to have been sensitized by and Texan episode. Otherwise, Alberto puig would not have mentioned this: “ we showed that our bike had good potential ". And also this: “ Marc Marquez's recovery is progressing. I think he will be happy with this success from Honda because it shows that the bike can be competitive ". Knowing that this competitiveness was not revealed with his chassis, but rather thanks to the one he did not validate.
