Sling reached its highest point with Marc Márquezachieving six titles out of seven between 2013 and 2019 (the rest was won by Jorge Lorenzo in 2015). However, since 2020 the performance of the bike is not the same as in previous years and in 2020 it won Joan Mir with Suzukiin 2021 Fabio Quartararo with Yamaha and in 2022 pecco bagnaia with Ducati.
After knowing that they have not done a good job in recent seasons, now in Sling they have a lot of ambition and want to make a winning bike again. Part of that ambition also has it Marc Márquezwhich he expects to be at its peak in 2023.
“We couldn’t celebrate a victory of MotoGP in 2022, but Marc Márquez it gave us a podium finish in the second half of the season. Our goal is the title of MotoGPThat’s the top priority. The season was very frustrating for us,” said Koti Wanajabe at the event to present the formations of Sling in 2023.
“For future improvements, we are working with our automobile department to improve aerodynamics by 2023. We are already seeing the first successes of this collaboration”, he highlights. The poor performance of Sling caused the Japanese to even copy concepts from other teams such as Aprilia either ducati.
“In the future we will join our efforts so that we can become more competitive again. Our clear objective is to recover the three titles”, he adds.
Marc Márquez He was not in person at the event, but he left an optimistic message on video: “2022 was a very tough season for me mentally and physically., but all the fans were there to support me at all times. I would like to thank you very much for that. I received many messages that helped me a lot.”
“I am trying to start the 2023 season in the best possible way. I want to forget all the bad times with good results on the track”, he said to close. Márquez has already declared on several occasions that he wants a winning motorcycle and that things must change.