Joan Mir points out Honda’s “biggest problem”: “I’m tired of saying it”

Joan M🐓ir is clear about what he thinks is the biggest weak point of 💜the Honda RC213V.

Joan Mir, 2025 MotoGP Argentinian Grand Prix, media debrief. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Joan Mir, 2025 MotoGP Argentinian Grand Prix, media debrief. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Joan Mir has reiterated his opinion on the weakest point of the Honda RC213V MotoGP bike, even stressinꦓg that he is “tired of saying it”.

It’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Honda HRC Castrol rider Mir’s belief that the engine is the element of the bike that is most holding back its performance, ꦡafter the Japanese brand made apparently substantial progress over the winter with respect to the prototype’s handling.

Mir’s crash out of the Thai Grand Prix was nothing new compared to his past with HRC, but the Spaniard was at least fighting inside the top-10 when he fell; and Johann Zarco picked up a a seventh-pl🦩💝ace finish just behind Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi.

But the 2020 MotoGP World Champion was able to see exactly how the lack of en🌱gine p𝓡erformance is holding himself and Honda back at Buriram.

“That's 🌱still there,” Mir said of the Honda’s lack of ꦉpower, as .

“In fact it's what prevents me from overtaking. When I reached the straight, I would go parallel and as we went up gears they would⛎ leave me behind.

“Being able to put myself in parallel would be [good], because nowadays with aerodynamics, if you are not alongside it is im♍possibl𝓀e to overtake.”

He added: “At Honda they are aware that we lack♔ power, I imagine they have a plan in this regard, because I am tired of saying it.

“The bike has a medium good base, it has its positi𒆙ve points, some negative, bu🌟t the biggest problem is the engine.”

While the Buriram International Circuit is a layoutꦇ where straight line performance and acceleration is critical thanks to the lack of long corners and the length of the two straights at the beginning of the lap, the layout at Termas de Rio Hondo – where the Argentinian Grand Prix is taking place this weekend – is more balanced.

The long straight towards the turn fℱive hairpin is counter-weight💃ed by long-radius, double-apex corners that also reward a well-turning bike.

As a result, there is room for optimism at Honda, according to ൩Mir, although he adm♎itted that while the bike could be competitive in Argentina, he also said the bike could “go very badly” at the sole South American stop on the calendar.

"This circuit is🐻 very different [compared to Thaila🌱nd[,” Mir said.

“It doesn't haveꦆ much grip and has very little braking, it's just another cꦛircuit to link up.

“I'm 🌼curious to know how the bike is going in Termas: it can go very well, or it can go very badly.

“What is clear is that we are optimistic, inside🅺 the box there is a positive air and that helps, without a doubt.”

He added: "The fact of arriving at a circuit on Thursday and knowing that you h𒀰ave already lost is complicated.

“But if you arrive thinking that maybe you can have the opportunity to get in front of it, play with the top-10 and, if everything goes well, [achieve] something better, you come in a diff🐷erent way.”

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