On the evening of the Official Test in Barcelona, Joan Mir was rather critical of Honda, not hesitating to insinuate that the Japanese brand had not worked enough ahead of this day of Testing. Statements that did not please Johann Zarco, who instead welcomed the efforts of engineers to try to find solutions.
Interviewed last Tuesday, Joan Mir almost made fun of what Honda had brought for the Official Test in Barcelona. Before having fun with the comments of Aleix Espargaro, who discovered the RC213v that day, the Spaniard displayed his dissatisfaction with the few parts tested during the Tests.
While he expected to try a brand new machine in Catalonia, the 2020 world champion was surprised to see that this was not the case. He then did not hesitate to criticize the work of the Japanese firm's engineers.
“Not really happy.” Not really happy. It wasn't a productive day, s’insurge Joan Mir. Everything we tested, we had already tested before. We didn't have any new improvements that could have made us faster. We had the standard package, which in the past did not work. So you can imagine that this day was not the one I hoped to have. I just hope that next weekend in Jerez we will receive more interesting improvements. We'll see, that's all I can say. »
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Asked about Honda's work ahead of this day, the 2020 world champion then noted insufficient efforts.
“That's what I thought [qu’ils avaient bien travaillé]but to be honest, I expected a lot more here. We just need to have new things as quickly as possible, to close the gap with the leaders. I am very surprised by this day, I expected a lot more. »
Statements which did not please Johann Zarco, who defended the Honda men when he was informed of the statements of the factory team driver.
“You can't say when you're a driver that Honda doesn't work hard enough, adds the Frenchman in turn. He doesn't realize the work people do. I understand that he is disappointed, but he can't say that because everyone is struggling. If the best engineers cannot find the solution, it is not a pilot who will know it better than an engineer. »
