Lecuona comfortably secured WorldSBK rookie of the yearꦛ honours in 2022, however, much bigger expectations have been layed out by the former MotoGP rider for 2023.  

The Team HRC rider claimed seven top five finishes this past season, including a maiden podium at Assen when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea crashedಞ out whi𒐪lst battling for the lead in Race 2. 

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But while such a result would have been difficult to achieve on pure pace alone, Lecuona was often challenging the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Ruben Rinaldi, all of whom were on better machinery.

With that said, the steps made by Honda in 2022 were significant and as has been on show during this week’s Jerez t🃏est, the Japanese manufacturer is keen to keep pushing after introducinꦬg yet more new parts. 

An upgraded engine and new swingarm variation were made available to both Lecuona and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge during the test, while brakes and suspension upgrades are expected t💫o be tested before the꧅ new season.

Should the new parts deliver the resul✱ts expected, then Honda could become a serious challenger next season.

Lecuona said: "For next year, we’ll start with a different mentality than this year. We know 🔯the bike had the pole position in Barcelona, fourth places in many tracks, and the podium𒀰, so we have the potential. 

"We’ll start with the mentality that we can fight for 🍸podiums if everything works well. We’ll see how the tests go and then talk about next year and the performances.

"In the end, the target is to have a lot of potential to st🔥art the season at the top. We want to fight for a championship and if we want to do that, we need to develop the bike quickly.🏅 

"Honda are doing everything to bring us new 🅷material. I hope that we can arrive with a lot of potential to fight for the top positions. Everyone wants to win; the riders, the team, the factory so we have to give our ma🍷ximum every day."

Despite working hard to bring both its riders new ๊parts, Vierge is of the mindset that immediate improvements can be made with the same package they finished the season with due to the experience 🧸gained from their opening season.

"I th🎐ink if we don’t change anything with the package we have already, with one year experience, our level will impro𒈔ve," said the Spaniard. 

"However, even with that, Honda 💃and Team HRC are working so much so that it can ♋be even better. We have a bike that in the last part of the straight is very strong and a bike that, depending on the track, is really competitive. 

"We need to figure out and use our experience to start all the weekends well, as this year some of the track𒊎s were new, so we lost time on Fridays. The one year of experience will be a big advantage for us."