There will definitely be a lot of new features in this 2022 MotoGP season, particularly from Honda. The Tokyo firm wants to return to the forefront and has built a new RC213V to do so. The five days of the off-season split between Sepang and Mandalika showed that there was reason to hope under the awning of the winged crest and this momentum extended into the box of its satellite team LCR. Whose boss Lucio Cecchinello has reviewed his organization…
After two years under the yoke of a pandemic which shook the entire ecosystem of the paddock which entered into an economic and technical hibernation to protect itself, the 2022 vintage seems destined to thaw with a new release of energies. The engineers can once again focus on the engines, the timetable has been extended to 21 Grand Prox, the health bubble is starting to burst, and the Qatar announced that it would be the first Grand Prix to live like the time of the world before.
At Honda, we are in this movement with a redesigned RC213V. The official Repsol troops showed some interesting things during the pre-season and the LCR ally does not want to be left out. The team director Lucio Cecchinello thus not only made an initial assessment of the progress of the tests in Indonesia, but he also took the opportunity to present the changes that have been made to its structure for 2022.
« During the winter, HRC did important work in the development of the motorcycle " said Cecchinello in an interview with MotoGP.com. " VSas we have already seen, the RC213V has undergone a radical change from the past and we are very happy with it and ready to discover all its new secrets ».
The first comments that arrived, immediately after the tests, were very positive: “ the riders were happy with the bike » specifies the Italian. “ The sensations were good, as was the grip and speed. What we focused a lot on and still need to improve is the handling of the bike. The engine has also been extensively modified, so there's a lot of work to be done... But that's exactly what testing is for! ».
Christophe Bourguignon will serve as intermediary with Honda
To carry out even more careful work, some modifications have been made inside the box: “ we have made several reflections within our team on how to improve our work Says Cecchinello. " Then we came to the conclusion that it was absolutely necessary to involve more minds, so we hired another engineer and did an internal reorganization. Christophe Bourguignon, who was previously Alex's chief engineer, has become the technical director who will control both drivers and be the person in charge of communication with HRC. This will therefore be our main link with the parent company Honda. ».
But there is more, because David Garcia also had a new role within the HRC structure: “ last year he was our data engineer and now he's Alex Marquez's team lead, so yeah, we've changed a few roles and we have more people. We hope that with this new structure we can have better performance " finished Lucio Cecchinello.
