Regardless of overhauling its motorbike for the 2024 season, Honda hasn’t been in a position to chip its method into the leaders after two rounds of the marketing campaign. Honda’s high consequence to date is a twelfth place, scored by Joan Mir in Portugal and Zarco in Qatar.
After a Portuguese GP by which he struggled to fifteenth, Zarco says Honda hasn’t stumbled throughout set-up options that work for the bike but.
“I actually belief Honda, I see they’re working so arduous and a minimum of, step-by-step, everyone knows what isn’t good to do,” he mentioned.
“We don’t know but what is nice to do. However the extra we’re doing kilometres, the extra we all know what isn’t working. So, it is going to be at all times helpful to go ahead.
“For me, this weekend [in Portugal] is like I anticipated one thing good, I couldn’t do it, I get extra expertise, however I might probably not get a satisfaction within the feeling.
“So, it was not a weekend the place I might take pleasure in rather a lot. I loved to have the ability to battle just a bit bit, however as quickly as the opposite ones caught the tempo it was not attainable. So, this was a bit troublesome to dwell.”
Johann Zarco, Workforce LCR Honda
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Pictures
Mir’s driving type was highlighted by his Honda friends as the explanation for his higher tempo over the remainder of them, however Zarco feels copying this gained’t be helpful for him.
“It’s extra about constructing the arrogance, I’d say, as a result of we now have totally different driving kinds,” he added.
“It appears mine was working properly in Qatar as a result of I might management the scenario after which go a bit sooner ultimately.
“I anticipated additionally to do that right here [in Portugal], not for an excellent place however on this group the place Joan was preventing.
“[I thought] perhaps I might management right here after which save my tyre to push somewhat bit extra ultimately. However I used to be pushing all of the race, in order that’s why I had nothing left [at the end].”
