-3 for the San Marino GP in Misano: Honda and Aprilia, can we talk about dream teams? #lanotiziainprimafila [VIDEO] – MotoGP
Day of announcements. In chronological order: HRC confirms that Joan Mir will be Marc Marquez’s teammate; Aprilia confirms that Razan Razali’s satellite team will clear Mi-guel Oliveira and Raul Ferandez. For both of them, there was no better choice. And no?
August 30, 2022
–3 at Misano: Friday free practice day for the San Marino GP. Day of announcements and confirmations: there are no surprises both as regards the HRC and the newly born Aprilia satellite team.
Let’s start with the Honda. Is Joan Mir right? In my opinion, yes, without a doubt: a person I believe the Spaniard one of the good ones for real, even if this year has disappointed me a lot. And it’s not just Suzuki’s announced retirement that has to do with it: Mir’s performance in 2022 was lower than (my) expectations even in the first four races.
Will he go strong with Honda? Impossible to say, but the RC213V of 2023 will, very likely, be very different from today. Honda, for the relaunch, is betting on two riders who only raced with four cylinders in line in MotoGP: it can be a limit.
On the other hand, however, I cannot help but underline how much critic Alberto Puig has brought to Honda for 2023 two of the strongest free riders on the market. Apart from the management Alex Marquez / Pol Espargaro, I struggle to find the mistakes made by the Spanish manager: who criticizes him, can you help me find them?
APrilia: the choice of Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez is of the highest level: Oliveira is one of the few drivers who has been able to win in all displacements; Fernandez is the young talent with the most potential. Miguel can bring experience, speed, results, while Raul is theoretically the rider who can grow the most, considering what he has done in Moto2.
It could be argued that Fernandez did nothing in MotoGP, much less even than Ramy Gardner’s teammate. but Fernandez did not want to race with KTM, he was obliged to do so for contractual reasons: he, as he did in the past, stuck and did not commit at all. A limit, but with the Aprilia everything will be different. For me they are two teams of the highest level.
This is the topic of #lanotiziainprimafila. What is your opinion?