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WorldSBK Catalunya: Tyre woes frustrate Lecuona’s podium charge

Honda’s Iker Lecuona stunned during his home WorldSBK visit to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last weekend.

Lecuona tests a bit at his team’s local circuit, and as an ex-MotoGP runner he has been around the 4.657km long Montmeló track regularly, to say the least. But few were ready for quite how fast he was on Friday, half a second ahead of everyone else. Even fewer were ready for his narrow Superpole win on Saturday.

The man himself could have done without dropping back to sixth on Saturday, after the long second race but he knows why it happened. And why it had happened before. We all thought it was about tyre consumption, and he agrees.

“Yeah, just the tyre,” Lecuona admitted in the post race debriefs. “For me, the problem with the Honda is always the same. Every race we struggle with the grip. Every race we struggle the last three/ four laps. Another time, we fight for the podium and I struggled the last four or five laps. So, I’m very frustrated.

“I’m not happy with my race. I’m happy until mid-race that I worked good, had a good plan with the electronics to try to save the tyre. Also, the throttle management. Everything. Everything I can do on the bike, I tried to do it to save the tyre. But, I go with the hard tyre and I don’t know…. I need a strong tyre. After five laps to the end, I lose everything. Zero grip. I lose the front. When Jonny [Rea] overtook me, I cannot do nothing.”

Lecuona was one of the very few to opt for an SC0, but he rejects the idea it was a mistake. “No - for me, if I check the race of my teammate, I chose good,” he affirmed. “Friday I did the race distance with this tyre, so I know I can work good with this tyre, with a good pace to fight to be close to the podium. I know Alvaro [Bautista]

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