Honda has been facing many difficulties in recent years, with other manufacturers standing out as was the case with Suzuki in 2020, where Joan Mir – currently with Repsol Honda – won the title, or the following year when Fabio Quartararo became champion, before Ducati began to take the spotlight in MotoGP. Casey Stoner believes that this situation… is strange.
During the MotoGP round in his country, Stoner talked about the state of the manufacturer and defended the team: ‘Honda has been struggling for a few years. It’s easy to stand on the outside and say that “the team hasn’t been doing a good job.” But in reality, it’s much more than that. We’re not sure of the effort they’re putting into the races’.
In the Australian’s opinion, recent changes may be at the root of the problems, with the “delay” in the structure not being unique to Honda, but rather to Japanese manufacturers in general, as Yamaha is also going through a less positive phase:
– I know there have been some changes in Japan and it seems to be affecting the team. The two Japanese manufacturers seem to be one or two steps behind. The European manufacturers have managed to do everything a little faster, they are ahead of the game. It’s strange that Japanese manufacturers are also behind the Europeans.
