Aprilia, KTM and in particulaꦇr Ducati have pushed on the level in MotoGP over the last couple of seasons.

That’s made it very hard for the likes of Honda who have fai🍎led to provide a bike good enough for Marc Marquez to rival its competitors with. 🔯;

• Acosta: “I have a lot of things 🎀to learn to be competitive” 
• KTM: “We love Jack Miller𒁃, his attitude was incredible”

Instead Honda were the fifth best manufacturer in the class in 2023, and Puig admits the resu🤡lts achieved weren’t good enough.

Speaking to MotoGP.com, Puig said: “It wasn’t very good. That’s obvious, you know! We didn’t have a year to re🃏member. We never found the way. 

“We started well i𝓰n Portugal with pole positions with Marc, but then the crash, then the injuries a𓂃nd also Joan trying to understand the bike. 

“A lot of ups and downs but a lot more down to tell you the truth. W﷽e had some okay results like in India and Japan. 

“Fortunately for the fans in Japan, Marc could get a podium. But from a team point of view this was not a ꦦgood year for Repsol Honda.”

Puig then cited the improvements made by their rivals as another reason for Honda’s struggles in finding a coღmpetitive package at any point in 2023. 

Puig added: “We did not make the step that is needed in this class. Our competitors made a rea෴lly big st⛦ep and although we are making steps and trying to understand our weak points, still it is hard to not achieve our targets. 

“Clearly, the competitiveness🎐 of the bike is not there. We need to ✤change and try to make a different approach. 

“In Japan they are restructuring, not only the people, but the way to proceed to imp𒅌rove the machine.”