Iker Lecuo💦na arrives at the end of his th♛ird season in WorldSBK with Honda having finally returned to the podium last time out in Estoril.

It was Lecuona’s second WorldSBK podium, the other coming in the 2022🌺 Dutch Round when Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea both crashed out.

For Lecuona, it was the result of a strong season from HRC’s WorldSBK team that has se🌳en it make significant progress in terms of performance for perhaps the first time since the project began in 2020.

“I’m really happy after the fไirst podium after the season and second in WorldSBK,” Lecuona told WorldSBK ahead of the Spaღnish WorldSBK this weekend at Jerez.

“After all the injuries, all the work at hom♔e and at the track, we’re happy to have tha𓆏t result.”

Thinking about this weekend’s Jerez race, Lecuona said that the circuit is 𝓡not one of the best for him or for the CBR1000RR-R, but he is encouraged by his recent form.

“I always said 𒉰during these years that this is one of the worst tracks for us, or one 🐼I struggle at more during the last two years,” he said.

“It🌠 looks like we’re quite fast. I think from the summer, we did a good job on the bike; the pace was improving during the weekends.

“My strategy with my crew chief, the feeling on the bike, everything we improved a 𓂃lot.

“When we started this yeඣar, I had a lot of injuries, but we also didn’t have a clear base on the bike. We started from zero.

“This ye❀ar, we ওfinished the year with a good base, so we’ll start next year from that base that is performing quite well.”