The 2022 season marked Honda’s second winless marketing campaign in three years in a spell that has been dominated by bike issues and harm woes for Marquez.
Regardless of quite a few adjustments over the winter when it comes to personnel, with Ken Kawauchi coming from Suzuki to exchange Takeo Yokoyama as technical director, Marquez ended the ultimate pre-season check in Portugal two weeks in the past claiming the RC213V is barely adequate to combat for between fifth and tenth proper now.
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As the brand new marketing campaign will get underway this weekend, Marquez says Honda will not be able to combat for the championship simply now however says “I consider” within the Japanese marque to get issues proper.
“Ultimately, we’re a workforce and we lose collectively and we win collectively,” Marquez stated on Thursday on the Algarve Worldwide Circuit.
“It’s true that the previous few years have been actually powerful for me, have been actually powerful for Honda, and we aren’t coming from the most effective state of affairs.
“For that motive, we aren’t title contenders in the present day in Portimao. We have to preserve working and constructing the mission and attempt to be extra aggressive sooner or later.
“However my ambition is identical as 2013 [when I made my debut]. I’m right here to attempt to combat for the highest place, I’ll do what I’ve in my palms to combat for these prime positions, and I consider.
“I consider within the mission, I consider in Honda. The championship may be very lengthy, every single day the state of affairs can change as we noticed final 12 months with Pecco [Bagnaia].
“He began not so good, he had many issues within the pre-season however from one race to the following he began with a great degree and he received many races in a row.”
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Marquez says Honda is way behind Ducati’s degree in 2023 proper now, however is “even farther from Pecco”, who nearly all of the grid has pegged because the favorite for the championship.
“In fact, it’s apparent that Ducati proper now has a very robust package deal, all Ducati riders, however particularly Pecco is the quickest one inside that group and in grid,” he added.
“So, we’re removed from them, however we’re even farther from Pecco, who was extremely quick within the pre-season.
“We’re engaged on the bike to attempt to be higher in some areas which might be principally the identical as final 12 months.
“So, nonetheless in these factors we have to preserve investigating how you can enhance to get nearer to the highest guys.”
On Thursday, Autosport reported that Honda will test a chassis made by German manufacturer Kalex subsequent month at Jerez forward of the Americas GP.
Although Honda’s collaboration with Kalex in current months has been no secret, Marquez claimed on Thursday in Portugal that knew nothing about this new chassis.