Honda MotoGP rider Joan Mir has admitted the model doesn’t but have a “nice package deal” for the 2026 season after struggling bother on the primary day of Buriram testing.
The Japanese producer will participate in a brand new marketing campaign aiming to additional strengthen a robust rebuild that has earned him a win and three different podiums in 2025.
Honda seems to be persevering with its optimistic development after a stable Sepang take a look at, and was fifth general on the finish of the primary day of Saturday’s Buriram take a look at.
Joan Mir completed seventh because of a technical drawback that left him with just one bike accessible, however he was happy along with his time assault outcomes.
That mentioned, he acknowledged that Honda remains to be a good distance from placing collectively a whole package deal.
“It was somewhat extra sophisticated than I anticipated, as a result of earlier within the day there was an issue with one of many bikes. We have to perceive what occurred, as a result of we do not know,” Mir started.
“Then I moved on to a different bike and one thing went flawed with that bike.
“So I misplaced and wasted the morning. Then I began working onerous from midday to the afternoon and the outcomes have been optimistic.
“We do not have a terrific package deal for the time being, however it’s true that we have been in a position to get good lap instances due to it.
“I ran utterly on my own. It was a superb lap time for the primary day.
“Actually, you may’t miss something right here as a result of the lap instances are so shut and the course is not that troublesome. So there’s loads of parity inside the prime 10.”
The 2020 world champion added that Honda was unable to match new set-up options back-to-back because of a technical concern with one in all his bikes.
“We’ve extra work than we anticipated due to this morning’s occasions,” he mentioned.
“They labored to determine loads of issues at this time. Whenever you solely work on one bike, usually you strive various things on that bike, however we had that drawback, so we tried issues with out evaluating it to the bottom.
“The day obtained somewhat sophisticated, however we have been in a position to work it out.”
