Pol Espargaró is not having it easy at all to shine in the Repsol Honda team. The Catalan does not finish finding the key to perform with the Honda RC213V and his results during the 2021 season are being really discreet. In fact, ‘Polyccio’ has a fifth place in Great Britain as best result, although he is rarely in a position to fight for this position. However, Pol Espargaró has wanted to meet the criticism that Honda has received for the development of his MotoGP and has assured that the brand must continue to listen to the guidelines of Marc Márquez to evolve your prototype.
In fact, Pol Espargaro has been quite clear about it: «In the end, the fastest rider on the team is Marc, so Honda needs to follow Marquez’s guidelines., do what it says. This is easy and the most obvious thing the factory has to do is follow the path set by the fastest rider. The factory cannot follow the indications of the slower riders, as that would be a problem. The natural thing is to do what Marc says, since he is the fastest rider. Besides, I think it’s the smartest thing to do.
Along these lines, # 44 has not hesitated to praise the work carried out by Honda in a period in which the restrictions due to COVID-19 have hampered the development of the engine from Japan: «In the end, talking about the philosophy of the factory is difficult, I do not know. Actually, Honda is working hard for the future, on next year’s bike. I know they are working and with all the restrictions due to COVID there are many things to prove. In fact, these restrictions prevented us from using the new engine this year. We’ll see how everything evolves, but you have to be patient ».