Honda currently has the least competitive bike in MotoGP, and sometimes to compensate for this lack of performance, its riders push beyond their limits, leading to crashes as a consequence. Joan Mir, in particular, has been plagued by several crashes this season.
Asked in a press conference whether he had requested Honda to focus on bike development to reduce crashes or on aerodynamics, the Palma de Mallorca rider clarified:
– To have less crashes? No. None of these two things. I think it’s a combination. You crash because you try more than what you can and probably the lack of performance is the cause of these crashes. But in this case we have a lot of priorities to improve.
Mir then talked about the areas that need improvement: ‘The first thing is the engine, it’s not the strongest point. We have lack of grip… well, we have some of the problems and we need to try to solve one by one. And of course a better aerodynamic package will be helpful and will allow us to be faster. But we have to build a better package’.