The off-season is now over and we are at the weapons vigil before the first battle of the 2020 campaign which will be the Qatar Grand Prix. It will begin on March 6 and the teams will apply everything they have learned during this period. All except one who will continue to work on her preparation. At least that's what Marc Márquez assures us since Honda missed his subject this winter. Which is all the worse since the pilot is still not in full possession of his means...
To listen Marc Márquez and the results of the last performances of Honda during the final tests at Losail, the impression is that the title holders of the last three years are going into it blind. A leap into the unknown whose length is thus described by Marc Márquez : " the problem is that everything we did during this pre-season didn't work. We are still at the same starting point “, explained the 27-year-old Spaniard.
« We started somewhere, tried a lot of things and always ended up at the same place. Now that we've found the problem, we need to try everything again. The chassis was one of the things we tested and we tried it again. It wasn't bad, it was interesting. »
In summary, the new chassis seen at Losail should be from the meeting to Qatar but decked out with the 2019 aerodynamic package. We need to double-check everything we've done this pre-season to fully understand » warns Marc Márquez…Who also has his own physical problems! “ After two days in Qatar, I said I was worried about the technical and physical side, but more about the technical side », admitted Marc. “ Now I can say that I am more concerned about my physical condition. But that doesn't mean I'm in worse shape. »
Faced with this conjunction of tiles, the team manager Alberto puig remains philosophical: “ Honestly, Marc is not as fit as he would like to be. But we know that this is a fact about which we can do nothing. The championship does not end in Qatar, but it only begins there. It might be difficult for him at first because he's not 100%. But we know it, we understand it, it’s okay. The problem would be if we weren't aware of it and it would be found out. In this case we would not be ready.” He finishes : " we'll see how it goes. »
