MotoGP 2021, Honda from nightmare, Pol Espargaro: ‘We don’t know what to do’

In qualifying for the Doha GP, there are those who shone like rookie Jorge Martin and those who have been in full difficulty. One of these is Pol Espargaro, who got stuck in Q1 and will start from the 15th box. After the move to Honda, the Spaniard has not yet been able to go really fast and today there were many setting problems with his RC213V: “Very difficult today for us, we don’t have a base to start from. Each session is different and we don’t know where to start and what to work on. We do not understand why today we took almost 2 seconds, while last weekend we were a few tenths ”.

The Honda di Marquez

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Honda’s 93rd ace skipped practically the entire 2020 season and, despite training in the saddle a few days before the start of the 2021 championship, was unable to make it to Qatar. With Marquez out of the game, it seems that Honda is not in the game either: in fact, both test driver Bradl and the pilots of the satellite teams struggled (and are struggling) to be in the top 5 and it was almost a surprise to see them in the top 10.

With the arrival of Pol Espargaro, who proved to be very competitive in the last year with Ktm, a return to the home of the golden wing was expected, but it still seems to take time. Unlike the Yamaha or Ducati of today, which are strong with almost all the riders, the Honda seems to be the most complicated bike and that only Marc Marquez is able to exploit it to the full, just as happened with the Desmosedici at the time of Stoner. (2007). We’ll see if starting tomorrow or in the next races, Polyccio will be able to fight for the victory again or if we will have to wait for the great return of 93 to see a Honda in the lead.