Honda is working hard to improve this season and Santi Hernández is now working with Joan Mir, a rider with whom the relationship is new especially after many years working closely with Marc Márquez. Even before the start of work in Losail this weekend, the Spaniard spoke about the goals he had at that time, in terms of the agenda, as well as Mir himself.
In a video for Honda Racing, Mir’s new head mechanic started talking about the relationship with #36 and how it is Honda’s duty to try to acclimate him as best as possible: ‘With Joan we started the season in Valencia to try to understand more or less what he needs and of course, after working for a long time with Marc [Márquez] things are very different. The positive for me is that he is a rider who wants to learn, has an open mind to try things and is faster and we also have to give him our trust, as well as the team structure he is new to everything. I am happy with him and our goal at the moment is to try to be at the top but, of course, we are not in the best scenario’.
Then followed the plan for the structure for what would later be the work:
– La piste à Losail est l’une où les conditions changent beaucoup du FP1 à l’entraînement libre de l’après-midi car la température du matin à l’après-midi change beaucoup, l’humidité et la température de la piste et c’est dans ce domaine que nous devons travailler de manière plus intelligente car le matin ce que nous testons est différent de l’après-midi mais nous avons la chance d’avoir eu ici deux jours de test, nous avons des données et une base mais nous avons encore des difficultés avec la traction arrière, qui nous manque, et nous devons essayer de comprendre dans quelle direction aller pour avoir un peu plus.
