Joan Mir says a “powerful” Friday for Honda on the Italian MotoGP was right down to the traits of the Mugello circuit not permitting the HRC riders to use the sturdy factors of the RC213V.
Mir was the best-placed Honda in Apply at Mugello, however was solely Sixteenth-fastest, one place forward of Johann Zarco who was on the rostrum within the dry at Silverstone solely two races in the past.
The 2020 MotoGP World Champion’s 1:45.652 meant that HRC was unable to be inside one second of the quickest time of Apply, a 1:44.634 by KTM’s Maverick Vinales, and he defined that this was right down to the structure at Mugello not taking part in to the strengths of the RC213V.
“This monitor doesn’t allow us to spotlight the strengths of our bike,” Joan Mir stated.
“Lengthy corners with excessive angle, actually lengthy straight the place prime velocity is essential.
“So it’s been a troublesome Friday actually.
“We have to have a take into consideration what we will do in the remainder of the weekend since we will’t achieve underneath braking like in different tracks.
“It’s a great take a look at to show what we want, so we try to collect as a lot info as we will for the engineers to make the plan for the longer term.”
Mir’s stand-in teammate (within the absence of the injured Luca Marini) at Honda HRC Castrol, Takaaki Nakagami, was twentieth in Apply, which he stated was under his ambition.
“In fact, I hoped for a greater end result at this time but it surely’s a tough circuit for Honda in the mean time,” Nakagami stated.
“There are some issues that I believe I can enhance on my using to shut the hole extra to Mir, however I’ll spend this night checking the information and a few footage.
“Within the morning I felt fairly good with the medium [compound rear tyre], however the smooth is one I’m not as acquainted with from testing so there’s a greater stability to seek out.”
