The crucial reason behind Honda’s imp�🅘�ressive rise this season has been identified.

Romano Albesiano, their ne🐭w technical directorܫ, has been showered with plaudits for his input.

Albesiano, forme🦩rly of Aprilia, started work at Honda at the beginning of 2025. He is widely regarded as a major coup for help the struggling project.

Results have swiftly improved on the race track.

“They’ve gone♔ full circle now. They have made such a step,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson said.

“I’d say it’s 90 percent [Albesiano].

“Honda have been lost for years, and with Marc Ma𒀰rquez.

“They br🐼ought Albesiano in from Aprilia, who knows exactly what [Aprilia] have done.

“He’ll say ‘don’t go down that road, do this…’

“‘If you want feeling on the front, tweak this…’

“Whatever he has said, has worked.”

Honda 'found half-a-second' in MotoGP revival

Factory Ho෴nda rider Joan Mir, who was disappointed at times i♊n his first year with the manufacturer because of his lack of competitiveness, has shot further forwards this season.

Although he crashed out, Mir was seventh in 𝓰the sprint race at the Americas MotoGP. Teammate Luca Marini finished P8 in the grand prix.

In Argentina, Johann 🥃Zarco was P6 while Mir and Marini were🐽 also in the top 10, results which are a far cry from 2024.

“It feels like aౠn eternity,” Hodgson said about Honda’s rise.

“Wꦕhat I like about Joan Mir is that you know how he feels. He’s not PR savvy or false. If he’s miserable, then he’s miserable!

“But they’re on their way. They’ve💯🦩 found half-a-second this year.

“The key word he said was: the feeling on the f𝔉ron🥀t.

“When you h♐a💧ve weird crashes, it zaps your confidence. You can’t save them because you’re not expecting it.”

But those incidents which blighted Mir for the past two yeဣars are no longer happ👍ening.

Suddenly, with LCR’s Zarco also in the mix, the powerhouse of Honda is catching the eyeಌ again f♉or the right reasons.

With Albesiano at the helm of their technica📖l department, optimism is suddenly high f🦹or where Honda could go.