Joan Mir was once again blighted by rear vibration issues in the 🅠Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP, as the famous, 30-year-old Repsol-Honda partnership ended without points.

Mir started 13th havin💦g narrowly missed out on a Q2 spot in Satꦯurday morning’s Q1, but the vibration issues that have plagued the Spanish rider in recent races returned once more in the race.

“Happened somethi🧸ng very similar as in the 🌃previous GPs,” Mir said.

“The difference is that here, f𒀰or some reason, we have been able to be more competitive, but the problems that we are having in fast corners in terms of vibrations, it destroys all the options that you can have to follow the front group.

💦“That’s the reality. The bike vibrates in a way that you cannot believe, the bike jumps. It’s something that they [Honda engineers] 🎀have to understand. They don’t know why.

“So, now the priority is to solve this, because it’s the thing that’s stopping me from being faster — that🥃’s a bit the re🐼ality. The Japanese are working on it, but still a long way.”

Mir ultimately crashed out of the Soli🅰darity Grand Prix, buꦦt he said this was down to pushing too hard in braking.

“The crash was because I tried to do more on the brakes, that’s what I have🍒 to do, this is thℱe reality,” he said.

“It shows that I don’t give up, I want to be with those guys. I tried to follow the front group, I made a good start, I catch some𓆉 nice positions and I fought back from 13th position💫.

“But the reality is that the problems in the fast corners — I lose two tenths in every fast corner because I can’t 🧔turn, it’s huge. So, I crash because I tried to [compensate for] this.”

“Difficult” for Honda to do better in Barcelona

In comparisonꦺ to Mir, Luca Mar𒁏ini was more upbeat, and simply acknowledged that the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s characteristics do not suit the RC213V in its current form.

“I think in Barcelona it’s difficult to make better than this for𓆏 us,” Marini said after closing his first season with HRC with a 16th in Barcelona.

“It’s a very tough ci♈rcuit. For sure, if we were able to race in a different track maybe it could be a better position.”

Honda had at least been able to see an improvement in performance in Barcelona compared to May’s Catalan Grand 🧸Prix at the same venue.

“But we have to check the performance, the development of the bike compared to May here, and I th🐷ink we made a good step forwaꦯrd,” Marini said.

“For sure it’s still nꦕot enough, but the bike is working well, the riders are improved, and we are💛 in a very good trend.

“We have to keep working like this and gain another ha𒆙lf-a-second, and from here to 🎃Sepang I would say.”