Having missed the Portimao and Jerez events due to a personal health reason, Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig has returned to the MotoGP paddock at this weekend's Le Mans round. After enjoying one of his best days on an RCV so far with fourth in both Friday sessions in France, new HRC signing Pol Espargaro explained how 500cc race winner Puig plays a 'crucial' role in helping communicate with the engineers and turn MotoGP data into real-world riding ideas. "It's not about a weakness in communication between the Japanese and me," Espargaro began. "Sure, the Japanese culture is very different to the European one and sure it's harder for me to explain my problems to a...
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