Yeah Sling has work in MotoGP World Cupthe same or more has in the World Superbikechampionship of motorcycles derived from the series and in which the brand of the ‘golden wing’ runs with two Spanish ’emigrants’ from the world of speed: Iker Lecuona and Xavi Viergewho repeat for the second consecutive year in the 2023 SBK project presented this Tuesday.
Without half measures, the objective is to improve on last year: ninth for the Valencian, tenth for the Catalan overall, with a podium finish for the former KTM in Assen as the best result and last as constructors behind ducati, yamaha, Kawasaki and bmw. “Expecting to go from where we were last season to aiming to win a title will be very difficult, but this is essentially our goal, and we will continue to work until we achieve it,” he says. leon camierteam leader HRC. Since 2007 they have not celebrated the Superbike title at Honda. that year james toseland he dominated with 8 victories and another 6 podiums (five seconds and a third) and then nothing. Neither Carlos Checa, Jonathan Rhea, Sylvain Guintoli either alvaro bautistachampions before or after in the category with other brands, were able to take the title to the box of Sling.
For this year camer He affirms that the work in winter has been hard using the base of experience: “We have worked hard in many areas and improved in many aspects. 2023 starts now and we are ready to go. The objective is to improve globally, both with the bike alongside the team, and working to go one step further in more general terms”.
And the pilots? Well both, lecuona and Friday They hope to go one step further, get closer to the ogres of the class, these are Baptistwho defends crown, Razgatlioglu, that you will want to get it back, and rhea, which is the most successful in the category. “We learned a lot last year and achieved some solid results, such as pole position in Barcelona and a podium at Assen, something we didn’t really expect as it was only the second race. Over the winter the team and everyone at the Honda factory have worked very hard to bring us a better bike. We still have two days of testing in Australia before the first race, so we have time to understand the new material”, explains Lecuona. “Now we know a lot of the tracks and understand how the tires and electronics work, whereas it was all very challenging for me last year. 2022 was not an easy season, but we got good results and showed our potential. They’ve been working hard in Japan, so we’ve had a lot of work to do and items to test over the winter.” Friday.
