Label: Alberto puig

Nov282023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Puig satisfied with the test: The new motorcycle is lighter, we are still far from Ducati in terms of aerodynamics

Alberto Puig was satisfied with the course of the first testing for the 2024 season. The team tested a number of innovations, while highlighting the weight reduction of the motorcycle as an important improvement. After the departure of Marc Marquez and many changes within the team, Puig marked today as the start of a completely new chapter. Joan Mir, who took over the role of leading rider after Marquez's departure, and team newcomer Luca Marini tested the new Honda motorcycle prototype for the upcoming season. "Today is a positive day for us. We tried many new things, we are satisfied with most of them. But we still have a lot of work ahead of us, because last season we were far from the best," he said in an interview with DAZN. According to him, the new motorcycle should offer better grip than its predecessor. K

Jun252023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Honda: Marquez can leave if he wants

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Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig has said that Honda will not try to keep Marc Marquez if he wants to leave their garage, even though the Spaniard's contract expires at the end of next season. The eight-time world champion signed a new four-year deal with Honda in 2020, but his career has been on the test ever since the crash in Jerez. After overcoming the long-term consequences of the injury, this year he found himself on a particularly difficult motorcycle, with which he suffered as many as five crashes in the space of a few hours just last weekend in Germany, and this year he has not yet finished any of the eight Grand Prix races. The difficult period, which Marc says was the toughest of his sporting career alongside the months he spent recovering from a hand injury, has sparked speculation and rumors of an end to his involvement with Honda

Mar232023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Marquez's future at Honda hinges on the 2023 season

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Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig has admitted that the results of this year's MotoGP season will determine the future of Marc Marquez. The eight-time world champion enters his tenth season of MotoGP, but Honda has been in a slump in recent seasons, following his injury in Jerez 2021, and judging by testing, it will be difficult to achieve the highest results this year as well. The 30-year-old Marquez, who has never ridden a MotoGP bike other than a Honda, is under contract with the Repsol Honda team until the end of 2025, but if the RC213V bike is not competitive enough this year, he may look elsewhere for his seventh MotoGP title. , which the non-compete clause in the contract would allow him to do. With the transfer of his brother Alex to the Gresini team, where he shows better form on a Ducati motorcycle, they immediately appeared

Feb132023 by Blaž Štremfelj3 Comments

Honda: We need to improve in many areas

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The boss of the Repsol Honda team, Alberto Puig, admitted that after the first winter tests in Sepang, Honda is not yet at the level they would like to be, and that they need to improve in many areas. Marc Marquez, who missed six races last year but was still Honda's highest-placed rider in the championship, left Malaysia unhappy with the level of the RC213V bike, which he said needed dramatic improvement despite the efforts of Honda's engineers. "In Sepang we tested the evolution of the bike we tested in Valencia," explained Puig. "Testing will end for us in Portimao. It's obvious that we haven't reached our goal yet. We have to keep testing solutions because we have a lot of ideas, but we have to put them on the track and make sure that d

Jul162022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Puig: Honda needs to take a different approach

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Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig says his team will have to change their approach if they are to end their winless run. Honda found themselves in a serious crisis after the injury of their star Marc Marquez in Jerez 2020. The Spaniard broke his arm, followed by complications and a significant drop in Honda's form. Marquez did return in 2021, but far from his old form, with which he more than made up for the shortcomings of the Honda RC213V in previous years and reached for victories. The six-time MotoGP world champion won three races last year, but Honda recorded one of its worst seasons since entering the MotoGP class, and this year the Japanese manufacturer's decline in form was even more evident. Honda, which has been criticized over the years for building its motorcycle around Marquez

Dec192021 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Puig: We believe Marquez will be ready by the start of the 2022 season

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Alberto Puig has admitted that Honda is not thinking about Marc Marquez not being ready for the start of the 2022 season. post-season testing. In addition, at the end of the year, information came to the public that the Spaniard was again having vision problems. Much like he had in 2011 after a horrific fall in Malaysia. It is not yet known whether Marquez will be ready for pre-season testing or at least until the first race on March 6 in Qatar. Much more will be clear after the medical check-up scheduled around Christmas. Nonetheless, Honda is not considering the possibility that the Spaniard would not be ready to start next season. "Marc is currently acting

Jun302021 by Aljaž CentaNo Comments

HONDA: Marquez wasted the fight for the podium by falling to FP2

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Honda MotoGP boss Alberto Puig said Marc Marquez wasted opportunities to fight for the podium at the race in Assn by falling in second free practice on Friday. He suffered a blow to his right ankle when he fell. Marquez blamed the electronics for the accident and made no secret of his disappointment. At Honda, they responded immediately and made changes to the engine electronics that restored Marquez’s self-confidence, which he showed with an excellent ride in Sunday’s race, where he came from 20th place to final 7th place. They knew the race at Assn would be much harder than the Sachsenring, where the Spaniard won. Puig is confident that if there had been no fall, Marc would have fought for the podium in Sunday’s race. "Yes, the Sachsenring is a track that is very suitable for Honda and also for Marc Marquez. Marc had the opportunity there and

Mar282020 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Honda responds to critics: We were ready for the start of the season, Ducati was not

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Honda team leader Alberto Puig is responding to criticism from Ducati's "boss" Gigi Dall'Ignj, who recently said that the postponement of the start of this season will benefit Honda and their main asset Marco Marquez the most. In a recent interview with Sky Italia, Dall'Igna spoke mainly about the sporting consequences of postponing the season due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. He alluded to the fact that this postponement benefits Marc Marquez the most, who admitted to difficulties in the slow recovery of his operated shoulder during the last tests in Qatar. Puig, of course, immediately denied these allegations, adding that Honda was the only team to provide officials with the necessary type-approval documentation for their engine during the test. "At Ducati, m