The Japanese manufacturers are suffering a woeful campaign - even worse than their bleak 2022 - and there is little reason to believe things 🦩could get better.

At the most recent MotoGP at Assen, three outꦕ of four Honda riders were sidelined through injury, most notably Marc Marquez whose season has been spoiled by crashes.

"After the 🐻break we w💞ill surely take steps forward,” team manager Puig was quoted by . 

“But we muღst be aware that we will not have a fantastic bike.&nbꦰsp;

“Things are not going as we would like and t🐬here will be no radical changes.

"It is difficult to take the bike to t🌳he lꦿevel that is required of us, and the riders are not bringing the expected results. 

“We are trying to 🅠make improvements, but the reality is that we are not where we need to be.

“We need to dig even deeper to find out what the pro♔blems are and what the solutionཧs are.”

Joan 💧Mir and Alex Rins, recruited from Suzuki this season, are both being linke🎉d with moves away from Honda already.

LꦐCR Honda’s Rins offered a brief ray of light by winning the Grand Prix of the Americas, the first Honda rid༺er aside from Marquez to win a MotoGP race since 2018.

The🅺 troubles of Marquez, the six-time premier class champion and their star rider, underlines Honda’s issues.

"Marc is not at his best 🐠and he suffered a lot🦩 of crashes in Germany,” Puig said. 

“There is no rider on the planet who is happy if he crashes and he understands tha💧t the bike doesn't h🦩ave the performance he needs.

"He's a world champion and he always wants to push harder, he never givesꦐ up. 

“The situation has become a bit more serious, but Marc has to take it easy. We know🌜 he's not hapꦡpy and we respect him.

"After his crash 🌠in Mugello he was very affected. He has arrived new this season and he is not understanding the bike.

"It's not a qꦗuestion of ability, but 𒊎also because the bike isn't ready. 

“Maﷺrc is having a lot of problems, but we'll see how he is when he returns after the summ♎er break.”

MotoGP resumes at Silverstone on August 6.

Honda know that the future of Marqueꦺz, who is contracted until the end of 2024, might be at stake.