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“Day one was Taka’s time and then day two we had the rain…”

Iker Lecuona will take no further part in Sunday's Assen WorldSBK action.

Iker Lecuona expects a big battle at the front of WorldSBK at this weekend’s round two in Barcelona.

Iker Lecuona remains less than 100% fit after completing the two-day WorldSBK test in Catalunya for Honda.

Team HRC’s Jose Escamez admits Honda are still not where they need to be as testing continues in Catalunya.

Iker Lecuona will have a very familiar name alongside him for the 2024 WorldSBK campaign after Honda signed Tom Jojic to be his crew chief.

Team HRC have confirmed their plans for the 2024 WorldSBK campaign after retaining Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge.

Iker Lecuona says learning a new track is ‘normally not that challenging for me’, although he also admitted he knows nothing about Imola, which plays host to round eight of the 2023 WorldSBK championship this weekend.

Leon Camier says Team HRC would like to continue with their current WorldSBK line-up of Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge next season.

One of Iker Lecuona’s main goals for the 2023 WorldSBK season was to reduce the amount of errors compared to his rookie campaign, however, another double DNF in both feature races at Assen showed that more consistency is needed.

Just a few months on from his big highside at Mandalika which cost him the chance to complete the final six WorldSBK races of 2022, Iker Lecuona has returned to a very dark time after another big highside at the Indonesian circuit.

Finding a base set-up to work with and improvements over race distance have given Xavi Vierge hope of becoming a podium threat during the 2023 WorldSBK campaign.

Leon Camier dampens expectations ahead of Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge’s second season in WorldSBK with Team HRC.

Despite making improvements thanks to a raft of new parts, some of which have allowed Iker Lecuona to find more performance during the second half of race simulations during WorldSBK testing, the Honda rider knows that challenging for wins remains out of reach currently.

Team HRC Manager, Leon Camier, believes Honda are on the right track to becoming a force in WorldSBK, but that ‘super concessions’ won’t make a difference overnight.

Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge become the latest riders to address whether a weight limit should be introduced to WorldSBK, with the former also taking aim at Scott Redding.

Iker Lecuona claims all new parts tested by Honda in recent weeks will be going towards the 2023 package and that nothing new is expected on the bike for the final few WorldSBK rounds of this season.

Rookies Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona combine for Team HRC’s best start to a WorldSBK season after claiming six top tens between them in Aragon.

Iker Lecuona has conceded Honda remains 'a bit far off' following day-one of the Aragon WorldSBK round.

Aruba.it Racing Ducati becomes the second full factory WorldSBK team after Team HRC to unveil its 2022 colours for Alvaro Bautista and Michael Rinaldi.

‘We worked very well with the electronics, adjusting and fine tuning the set-up until we found the way and I was able to get my confidence back’ - Xavi Vierge after completing his third WorldSBK test at Jerez, fourth in total.

'The progression is clear. Honda is working in the right direction and every item that we are trying is an improvement' - WorldSBK rookie Xavi Vierge.

Although his focus is purely on WorldSBK, Iker Lecuona believes Honda have made significant improvements in MotoGP after Pol Espargaro topped the Mandalika test.

Team HRC officially unveil its 2022 WorldSBK colours for riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge.