Honda’s Kalex chassis reportedly “a meeting point” between Marc Marquez and Joan Mir’s desires
Rather than a design to tailor the RC 213V to their star rider’s extreme preferences, Honda will reportedly also factor in the riding styles of Joan Mir and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins.
The new chassis is “the meeting point” between Marquez’s desires and the two 🌠ex-Suzuki riders hopes, accordinღg to .
Honda asked Kalex to collaborate on a new chassis ꧂to “minimise reaction times”, the 🍷report says, which should be music to Marquez’s ears.
He has been bemoaning how his Japanese manufacturer has fallen behind European rivals in Ducati and A🐷prilia, but the input from Germany company Kalex might bridge that gap.
Little is known about the new chassis. Test rider Stefan Bradl had to interrupt a test in Jerez this week to travel to Texas instead, where he will race instead of the injured Marquez at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP Grand Prix oܫf the Americas, the third round of 2023.
The elephant in the room, of course, is that Mar𝐆quez himself will not be present.
He remains absent afte🦋r needing hand surgery, caused by his crash into Miguel Oliveira in the season-opening Portimao grand prix.
Mir, who missed the second round in Argentina due to injury, will re🦩turn for COTA. Marquez will be🌜 replaced by Bradl.
It will be a fascinating subplo♍t to the weekend to see how Honda approach the two races.
Without their main ri𒊎der, will they race flat-out o🔥r use Bradl to gather feedback on their latest chassis, in advance of Marquez’s comeback?
Marquez hopes to be back for the fourth round, in Jerez, where B🔥radl has already tested the Kalex chassis.
The final decision on his doღuble long lap penalty, for the crash into Oliveira in Portimao, is still pending after Honda appealed a rewording of the rule.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spo🔴rts, to football, to F1.
