The 2020 MotoGP champion🍰 ended the 𝕴two-day test fastest of all four Honda riders, which was the first time that’s happened during pre-season testing.

However, the gap from himself, Marquez and former Suzuki teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins remai💖ned significant to the leading Ducati riders.

• Espargaro: ‘I will have more pressure, but more confident tಌhan🔯 ever’ 
• Fernandez: ‘🗹We have an amazing bike’, Oliveira ‘would like to be more in front’

That was also the case on day-one to the likes of Aprilia’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira, suggesting a ꧒lot of work still needs to be done at Honda in o꧋rder for the Japanese manufacturer to become a consistent challenger for wins once again. 

While not fully comfort🎃able aboard the RC213V, Mir did admit that the Portimao test was a step in the right direction: "Today [Sunday] we were able to make some more progress forward in adapting to the Honda. There is still a lot I need to learn and adapt to because it’s still a new bike and some aspects that are not yet second nature. 

"Overall it has been an off-season of progress 🌼but of course as a rider you are always wanting more and more. 

"We head 𓃲into the opening races wanting to keep improving and to see what’s possible."

Puig confirms Honda ‘must improve’ ahead of new MotoGP season

With testing 💖over and little over a week to go befor൲e the new campaign gets underway, Honda are in a race against time to find more performance.

Marquez has already stated that fighting for wins and podiums is out of the quest🐲ion as it stands, whiജle Team Manager at Repsol Honda, Alberto Puig, agrees.

"We have done a lot of tests, and tried a lot of components," Puig told . "But we are still on the way. We cannot say that we’ve foun༺d what we are looking for yet.

"We still have work to do, this is the𝔉 reality. When you check the lap times and you are 0.7s from thꦬe leaders, it means you must step up. You must improve.

"If you find a🌟 way, everything is positive. But if you have ‘yes’ 🎃and ‘no’ then you need to finally make that step.

"Honda are not where we want to be. We think we know what we can do. Are✱ we 100% happy? Clearly, no. We need tܫo improve, this is our main target and what we are going to do."