Why Honda's rivals have reason to fear its 2022 MotoGP bike
The radical change of concept that Honda has pursued for its 2022 MotoGP bike has been the main talking point in pre-season testing. Most of its rivals highlighted have the competitiveness of a bike that is still very young and all indications suggest that their concerns are fully justified...
The prolonged absence of Marc Marquez after his injury in MotoGP's 2020 season-opening Spanish Grand Prix generated a huge void at Honda, as well as the worst drought in the Japanese manufacturer's history. It went 581 days without a win before Marquez broke through in emotional scenes at the Sachsenring last June.
As if that were not enough, the absence of the man who until then had accumulated six titles out of the last seven coincided with two elements that had an enormous impact on that 2020 season: the coronavirus pandemic and the introduction by Michelin of a new casing in the rear tyres.
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