Bottom of MotoGP with just 19 points against Ducati’s 241 Honda is stumbling around in the dark without knowing where to go. This might seem like a cliche but instead this is exactly what team manager Alberto Puig claimedbetween resigned and disconsolate for an anomalous situation, especially for those like him who breathed the HRC air of the best times.
Speaking to the Motogp.com website in reference to the recent Mugello test, but also to the approach to the various race weekends, the manager admitted: “We are trying a lot of things on different areas of the bike and usually when you move in this way it means that you have no answers clear or solutions to problems. In Japan they are making the most of the concessions“, he acknowledged.
Almost by a dark twist of fate, the extra time available on the Tuscan track could not be used properly due to bad weather. “If it is already normally difficult to understand whether new things work or not, when it rains everything is even more uncertain“, the comment.
Clearly, if in a not too distant past all the strongest riders were jostling to get on the RC213V, today interest in the Repsol team has dropped considerably and also the current lineup has shown signs of impatience, Mir in particular. “When things don’t go well it’s normal. Joan is not happy and we understand thatbut as far as we are concerned we are doing everything we can to recover“.
If the Iberian were to leave the team, Luca Marini could become the point of reference. “For now we haven’t talked about renewals yet, but sooner or later we will have to do it. The decision will probably be made in the summer“, he revealed.
