Honda has scored simply 13 factors within the producers’ standings after 4 rounds this season, with none of its riders breaking into the highest 10 in grands prix but.
In the course of the Americas Grand Prix, Mir was very critical of Honda for pursuing what he felt was the incorrect bike idea and mentioned the marque needed to “take accountability” for this.
On Monday on the post-race Jerez check, nonetheless, Mir was buoyed by the bike he tried within the opening hours of the check and felt Honda had discovered the proper route to develop.
“For me, the day was extra constructive than what you may see as a result of we tried a unique idea,” he began. “Truthfully, I believe it was working, [it] was the route I need to take for the long run.
“It’s one route that we have to develop however I believe it may well have some potential sooner or later – not now, however sooner or later.
“Roughly it was constructive as a result of we all know the route we lastly should take and that is good.”
Joan Mir, Repsol Honda Group
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Requested if it was a brand new engine he was testing, Mir added: “We’re testing completely different stuff on the engine, not in all probability [a full] engine, however various things to grasp the route. I believe I’ve issues clear.”
Honda check rider Stefan Bradl contested final weekend’s Spanish GP on a lab bike, however Mir says this motorbike was “not the suitable route and I made a decision to proceed with my one” for the Jerez weekend, having tried it in a check in Barcelona.
A key subject for Honda this yr has been the bike’s poor turning, however the brand new bike idea Mir tried on Monday at Jerez seems to have improved on this.
“We’re looking for the turning that we’re lacking,” he mentioned, when requested what the brand new bike was doing higher.
“That’s the weakest level that we’ve got. It appears to be like like we understood that with this factor [bike] we are able to have extra turning.
“It’s true that we lose quite a bit in different areas, but it surely’s areas the place there’s loads of margin to enhance. So, that provides us a route.”