The Japanese producer has made an abysmal begin to the brand new marketing campaign on its radically overhauled RC213V bundle.
Scoring simply eight factors out of a doable 111 from the opening three rounds, no Honda rider has cracked the highest 10 but in both dash or grand prix.
In final weekend’s Americas Grand Prix, just one Honda rider – Luca Marini – completed the race, albeit 33.529s off the tempo at a observe it gained at 12 months earlier with Alex Rins.
This comes because the temper within the Honda camp was optimistic in final November’s Valencia take a look at, however a scarcity of progress since has stumped the Japanese marque.
“The one factor I can let you know is in Japan they’re attempting laborious,” Puig informed motogp.com in the course of the Americas GP.
“They’re actually attempting, they’re engaged on many alternative issues.
“They create new folks to the group, they’ve extra manpower. I imply, it is not that they’re sleeping.
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“However alternatively, we aren’t getting there and the bike shouldn’t be performing. We did massive modifications on the bike, we did good enhancements theoretically.
“However you can not see it on observe. At the moment we’re just a little bit confused. We are attempting loads, however we can’t see something actually spectacular on observe. That is true.”
Joan Mir was extremely vital of Honda on Friday on the Americas GP, saying it needed to “take accountability” for going within the improper route with the RC213V idea this season.
After the US spherical, Mir added: “It is determined. The scenario could be very tough.
“If you wish to do one thing extra, you may’t. And what occurred a bit within the race was this.
“You see your self within the mid-pack, the lap occasions, you get near it, you make one lap, two laps recovering, however on the third lap the bike says ‘I quit’.
“This can be a bit the rhythm of the story. We’ve got to be robust, to work laborious and to proceed to maneuver on from this example the place we’re removed from it.”
