2023-04-28 07:39:47
For Iker Lecuona (23), his commitment in MotoGP is like the proverbial virgin to the child. «My manager called me on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. and told me regarding the opportunity to start here. I thought it was a silly joke at first. I had just slept. But he obviously meant it.”
From that moment Lecuonas was in a state of alarm. The whole family got involved in this ultra-short-term adventure. “My mother gathered the equipment for me at home. Then we drove from Valencia by car to Barcelona and from there by plane to Jerez », describes the Honda works driver of his Mediterranean coast odyssey. «I arrived in Jerez de la Frontera following midnight on Wednesday. I’m really happy.”
“I am very happy with Honda in the Superbike World Championship. Of course, in the two years at Tech3-KTM I was able to prove that I basically have the necessary speed for MotoGP,” says the current thirteenth in the Superbike World Championship classification, who is currently fighting for decent results there with teammate Xavi Vierge in the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer and scored three zeros in Assen when he fell in both main races.
“I’m looking forward to the first day of training on Friday. Honda is the team of my dreams. Of course it is a special challenge for me to be able to compete with the factory RC213V. I’m also happy for the spectators,” says Iker Lecuona, who won the legendary 8-hour race in 2022 together with Takumi Takahashi and Tetsuta Nagashima. Of course on a Honda.
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