Crashes aren’t always an indicator of a bad MotoGP rider and you can get the gravel very well. But a team boss said the rider was uncomfortable on their bike.
Even the best pilots in the premier class Mark Marquez Often high on the crash charts at the end of a season. Six times MotoGP The champion is known for his experience of traveling in the gravel, he is competent when he tries to find the limit in practice and regular failure.
But while problems with passenger front tire pressure, lift gear and aero-dynamics can cause problems, a crash on any Grand Prix weekend can also highlight a bad bike. And that’s actually for one rider in 2024, the team boss admits they need to improve.
Alberto Puig admits Joan Mir can’t match Honda MotoGP bike ‘yet’
Honda Team manager Alberto Puig has admitted that Joan Mir still can’t find a rhythm to match their challenging RC213V bike after the team’s second season. The 27-year-old joins Honda ahead of the 2023 season following Suzuki’s decision to withdraw from MotoGP.
Mir was not known as a risk-taker before joining Honda, consistently winning the Spanish MotoGP rider’s title in 2020. In the 14 rounds of the Covid-interrupted season, Mir retired in just three races. Top five nine times.
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Mir’s just one win at the European Grand Prix gives him a 13-point lead in the 2020 MotoGP title. However, crashes have become more common for Mir in 2024, with 10 Grand Prix retirements to match his team-mate Luca Marini.
Pudge’s Test of Mir a Honda Bike Marini’s fear of Ducati never matches. It leaves the 33-time MotoGP podium finisher in an awkward position. The team boss also said that if Honda continues to struggle to improve their bike, the Spaniard may lose his motivation.
“He is already world champion in MotoGP,” Puig told Official MotoGP. website. “So the current situation is not favorable for him. I mean, the bike is not on the level (we want it).
He’s trying. He’s had some breakdowns, obviously, because when you’re a champion, you push for results. But things still haven’t settled down and we hope that he will continue to be motivated even in difficult times.
Joan Mir has been placed ninth in the 2024 MotoGP crash championship standings.
MotoGP riders have accumulated a total of 335 crashes in the 2024 season, down from 358 previously. A beginner’s feeling Pedro Acosta has crashed more times than any other MotoGP rider in 2024Also, at that time-Tech3 fell 28 times on 20 laps with the rider.
| RIDER | group | Bicycle | Breakdowns |
| Pedro Acosta | GASSGAS TECH3 | KTM RC16 | 28 |
| Mark Marquez | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP23 | 24 |
| Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP23 | 21 |
| Jack Miller | KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 20 |
| Brad Binder | KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 19 |
| Alex Espargaro | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP24 | 19 |
| Augusto Fernandez | GASSGAS TECH3 | KTM RC16 | 19 |
| Marco Bezecchi | VR46 racing team | Ducati GP23 | 18 |
| Joan Mir | Honda | Honda RC213V | 17 |
Márquez (24) is second in the 2024 crash rankings, with a record 29 crashes in his final year at Honda in 2023, while Mir has struggled on a Honda bike with Marquez’s 17 crashes only being ninth. – Much in the word of 2024 MotoGP.
Mir has had the most crashed pen by a Honda rider in 2024 with teammate Marini only crashing four times, with LCR drivers Yohan Zarco and Takaki Nakagami in 10th with 15 and 20th with seven. Mir He doesn’t want to be the Honda rider who crashes the most in 2025.
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