Xavi Vierge enters his four🌊th season on Honda’s World Superbike team this year, and has a clear target 🍸for the beginning of the season.

Vierge and Honda come into 2025 off the back of a promising end to 2024 in which both factory riders – Vierge and fellow Spaniard Iker Lecuona – were both able to challenge for top sixes regularly in 𓄧the closing races of the season.

The promi🐭se shown at the end of 2024 was the result of the work done in the years up to that point, and for Vierge it’s clear that the objective for the beginning of the upcoming season is to continue the progression.

“We’ve learned a great deal,” Vierge said of the pꦛast three seasons in WorldSBK with Honda, “but I think the most important thing has been understanding that it’s better to work methodically and take solid steps, rather than wanting to go too fast and lose the way.

“The first target is to start the 2025 seaso🦩n at least at the same level as we finished last season.

“We found a solid base and were💧 fighting close to the front towards the end of the year, so the goal is to complete a solid pre-season and be able to start the championship already close to🦩 the fastest guys and then go from there to take the final step.”

He added: “As for this year, we’re moving over to Ohlins suspension, so we need to get to grip🌌s with that and find a new base. And then we need to exploit our strengths, and focus on the areas of drive and acceleration, which we consider our weaker areas.

“If we can improve the🎐re, we will be able to better exploit the engine’s potential, which w൲e know is high.”

Not only does Vierge have to adapt to the new suspension this year, ♏but✅ also a new crew chief, with Tetsuya Sasaki joining his side of the box.

“My team looks a little different this season and although we haven’t workไed together for long, my initial impressions are positive,” he said.

“My new crew chief has a lot of experience, and I will try to learn from him and make the most 😼of that experience. Hopefully this will see us make good progress.”