Xavi Vierge’s 2024 WorldSBK season took an upturn in form towards the end as Honda finally showed signs of progress with the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade, and the Spa𝓡nish rider is keen to keep the momentum building.

Vierge ended the 2024 season consistently fighting for to♉p-six results, and he said his goal for next year is firstly to pick up where he left off.

“It’s good that we☂ finish🌳ed the season strong,” Vierge told WorldSBK.com at the recent EICMA.

“I think a good goal𝔍 is to try and start the [2025] season like we finished [2024], trying to fight for top-five results that is good to start, try to believe, and make the steps that we need to be fighting for the podium as soon as possible.”

Vierge will remain 📖with HRC in 2025, and the Honda Fireblade is essentially unchanged as a base model from🥂 2024, but Vierge has a new crew chief to work with, with that adaptation process beginning at last month’s Jerez test.

“It𝔉 was good to test in these two days,” Vierge sa🅘id.

“I🤡t was just after [the Jerez race], so we had good data. We tried all t🗹he things that we have tried during all the season to make back-to-backs, to have the data to analyse, to start working with the new people.

“It has been really good and really productive, and now [we have𝕴] a big break to understand everything, to work so hard from home, and HRC from Japan, to make the correct steps for next year.”