Honda hit with “expected more” criticism at Misano test: “What worries me is…”
Joan Mir sa💜yꩵs "I was expecting more from this test"

Joan 😼Mir has delivered an aggrieved judgement of Honda’s efforts at the Misano test.
A new fairing (which looks similar to Ducati’s), chassis items and new aerodynamics were on the agenda for the RC༺213V riders.
But Repsol Honda’s Mir was not satisfied.
“We tried aero, we tried stuff that we’d tried before at the previo😼us test that was no⛎t working,” Mir said.
“I was expecting more. I was expecting more from♔ this test.
“To try things properly that weren’t🌌 working, to try more things.
“They made a great job🧔 on the aerodynamic side but, in the race, we didn’t improve at all.
“I expected a lot more.
“What worries me a bit is that the next test is in 🌟Valencia, and that will decide next year.
“We are far, to have༒ one working line, anꦿd an idea to make a competitive bike for next year. We are very far from that.
“We need to work h꧟arder to make the process of evoluti๊on shorter.”
Mir acknowledged the sole positive from t💟he one-day test: “The aero can give you more turning into the fast corners.
“It’s a small thing which helps a lot. Especially at this t𝐆rack, at Turn 11, it was positive.
“For the wheelie, it was slightly better.
“I’m happy for that - but disappointed in the𝐆 othe🀅r side.”
However, teammate L♕uca Marini offered some hope: “We were able to feel the difference in what Honda b♉rought here and I hope that my feedback can help them with the direction to go.
“I think we found some positives not just for t👍he future, but also for the next few races.”
LCR Honda’s Johanꦕn Zarco also had some positive feedback, 24 hours after claim🧜ing that the “project does not work at all”.
Zarco in🦂sisted after a day of testingꦡ: “I think we understand more things.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spor🌠ts, to football, to F1.