Which 2023 for Honda and Yamaha? Certainly a lot of work, or Marquez and Quartararo could lose patience…
Another complicated season has come to an end MotoGP for two brands in particular. With the difference that Yamaha had in Fabio Quartararo his only lifeline. In the case of Honda instead, with Marc Marquez half service, we can compare it with a ship that is sinking more and more. The the final then he wasn’t the happiest: both Quartararo and Marquez had good words little hold to their own homes after the day’s official tests in Valencia. Something that definitely needs to be corrected, or there will be one scenario that neither Honda nor Yamaha can afford.
Quartararo’s dictat
Marquez and Quartararo, so similar given the situation they are in. But let’s start with the 2021 MotoGP champion, who had shown a wide smile during the tests at Misano. That weak point of the M1, the motorseemed to have taken a great step forward with the first version on which Yamaha is working towards 2023. But that smile disappeared when, once he lost the title, there was the day of evidence in Valencia. And Quartararo really didn’t have anything to rejoice about. “It felt like being back to Two days beforethe same situation as the old engine” indeed, he pointed out to Speedweek. Then adding a clear message for Yamaha. “If something is wrong we have to find it immediately, not in a month. Next year will be important especially for me, e we have to go back up.” Quartararo has just signed a two-year renewal, proving he still believes in the project of the house of the three tuning forks. But like all contracts, there are loopholes…
And if Marquez…
The same is also true for the colleague in Honda, who is recovering after the two-year ordeal. But the physical question now appears the minor problem at HRC: lots of tests in the tests in Valencia, with a Marc Marquez very active on the track. But the #93 wasn’t as diplomatic as the Yamaha standard bearer. “With this bike you don’t fight for the title” thundered at the end of the day, not bothering to mask thebitter disappointment. Marquez also has a contract valid until the season 2024, still signed years ago. Before the injury, so before Honda lost his pin and plummet in terms of results. And a contract always has quibbles to be exploited if Marquez is not satisfied with HRC’s work. A scenario to say the least unsettling for the Golden Wing, which he must do immediately. But he will?
