Honda’s start to the 2024 MotoGP season has done little to create optimism.

The first year of their post-Marc Marquez erꦺa has yielded only 14 points from the first two rounds.

Starkly, fellow strugglers Yamaha have scored 18 points w𓃲ith two fewer riders.

Luca Marini, their replacement for star man Marquez, sits bottom of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings without a point to his name yet.

The four Honda riders qualified for the Portuguese MotoGP in the la✨st four spots on the grid, an early display of their struggles.

No Honda scored a point in the sprint, and Joan Mir’s 12th-plac♕ed finish in the Portimao grand prix owed a lot to the late DNFs of Mꦅaverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia.

Alberto Puig, team manꦚager of Repsol Honda, was quoted by : "Our riders are noܫt completely satisfied with the performance, but they can see that we are trying our best.

“We are in the develo♍pment process, that is clear.”

Puig insists Honda are “progressing”.

Howe𓆉ver he admits: "At the same time, others are al🍌so progressing.”

The bullish Puig ꦚsummar✅ised: "We have achieved as much as we expected.

“But we have a mission. Our plan is clear.

“We said it last year. It is not easy, but we are investing a lot of resour💎ces.

“We have also reinforced the project in 💖⭕terms of personnel."

Honda’s MotoGP project has receಞived help from staff assigned to its Formula 1 programme to develop the RC213V.

The technical team at the top of Honda’s MoꦑtoGP project was al🌳so reshuffled for this year.

"We are not there ꦏyet if we look at the classification,” ꦐPuig said.

“But it is a pr❀ocess. Of course, right n🔯ow we would prefer to be ahead.

“But things a🃏rꦿe what they are. We will keep trying."

Grip is🌊 the obvious area that every Honda rider has declared a weakness.

Puig vows to: "S💟eek more contact with the ground on the rear wheel when entering and exiting the corne🧸r.”

He insists Honda have "made progress recently" but "it is clear that we ne🦄ed more”.

Puig added: "That's all I c🐟an say. We are on a mission and we have ouཧr objectives.

“🎉People know Honda. We will not stop until we ach🌠ieve it.”

Puig was aske♍d when Honda might return to winning a MotoGP race.

He answered: "I think we will be a🌌ble to move forward with the concessions after the summer break.

“Let's hope to see clearer progress ꦅin the second half of﷽ the season.

“That is our hope and it is reasonable t🍬o believe it. Those are our expectations.”