Former MotoGP world champion Joan Mir says the improved engine traits on Honda’s 2025 bike are modifications which might be “extra delicate” to him.
After a disastrous 2024 season, Honda has made vital progress with the 2025 Challenger, permitting it to constantly ship higher outcomes.
Along with profitable in moist circumstances at Le Mans with Johann Zarco, Honda additionally took three podiums in dry circumstances, together with two for Joan Mir at Motegi and Sepang.
Honda has surpassed the factors it achieved in 2024 by 210 factors, transferring it out of the underside of the 2026 concession rankings.
Profiting from the concession all through the 2025 season, Honda introduced plenty of updates, however an important for Joan Mir was the engine.
“For me, it is not one factor,” he stated when requested at Valencia what an important modifications to the bike have been.
“Within the place we have been in up to now, it wasn’t one challenge.
“It was essential to enhance the aero, enhance the engine, enhance the grip, enhance the electronics and perceive what was happening a bit of bit extra.
“However the character of the engine was one thing that labored very well for me to distinguish it from different Hondas.
“I feel I am most likely extra delicate about issues like throttle management.
“Maybe they will cope higher with fewer connections, however I am having a tougher time.
“Then the entrance really feel has improved, the braking stability has improved. Even when it wasn’t nice, it is at an excellent degree now.”
Mir completed the season in fifteenth place within the standings with 96 factors, however noticed the checkered flag in solely 9 of the 22 races.
The 28-year-old has solely accomplished back-to-back races as soon as throughout the season, from Silverstone to Mugello, ending tenth, seventh and eleventh.
Zarco topped the Honda rankings in twelfth place, with Mir’s teammate Luca Marini in thirteenth place.
Mir and Marini will enter the ultimate yr of their present contracts with Honda in 2026.
