Yamaha, Honda progress to take until 2025? ‘They are concessions, not magic’
No q🎀uick fix to transform Honda and Yamaha’s MotoGP fortunes.
Yamaha and Honda now enjoy a range of technical perks over their European MotoGP rivals, court𓆏esy of this year’s revised concession ‘ranking’ system.
But 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro, who went through the previous con🍎cession system with Aprilia, has warned that the perks - which include private testing with race riders and exemption from the in-season engine design freeze - are not a magic wand.
The crucial in♑gredient is t🌜ime and Espargaro tips that it will take until 2025 for an upswing in results by the Japanese manufacturers.
“They are concessions, not magic. You need time,” Espargaro said, when asked if he🔯 expected the Japanese brands to be closer by now.
“We will see last winter's work in the next 🥂season, I think.
“Because last winter they started to sign new engineers, they started to develop new things that they didn't have time to put on t🌼rac𒉰k yet.
“So hopefully for eveဣrybody who loves this sport, we will see improvements from Ya🎀maha and Honda… in the 2025 season.”
🐻Yamaha and Honda are currently on the lowest ‘D’ concession ranking, meaning access to the full range of benefits. Ducati is in ‘A’, havin꧙g scored over 85% of the maximum constructors’ points, with KTM and Aprilia in ranking ‘C’.
So far this season, Yamaha has a best race finish of fifth place (Jerez Sprint, 3rd 𝐆before Fabio Quartararo’s tyre press🦩ure penalty) and seventh in a Grand Prix (Portimao).
Honda, which has lost s🦄tar rider Marc Marquez and COTA winner Alex Rins, has a best race result of 9th (Jerez Sprint) and 12th in a Grand Prix (Lusail, Portimao, Jerez).
At this time last year, Yamaha’s highest race result was 3rd for Quartararo at COTA, where fo🐽rmer LCR rider Rins took Honda's only victory ꦚof the season.
Fast🀅 forward a year and the top Yamaha rider is again Quartararo, in 12th (11th at this time last year) with the top Honda rider now Joan Mir in 16th (Takaaki Nakagami 17th 🌜last year).
In terms of con☂structors’ 🍌points, which will continue to determine the ranking grade for concessions, there has been a big drop for both Japanese brands so far.
The score for each manufacturer compared to the opening four ꩲrounds of last year is as follows:
- Ducati: 133 points (2024) / 137 points (2023) = -4 points
- KTM: 95 / 81 = +14 points
- Aprilia: 82 / 67 = +15 points
- Yamaha: 27 / 49 = -22 points
- Honda: 13 / 61 = -48 points
Opening four rounds of 2023: Portimao, Termas, COTA, Jerez.
Opening four rounds of 2024: Lusail, Portimao, COTA, Jerez.
Aprilia is the only factory with the same rider line-up 2023 and 2024.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the 🤪Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
