Honda will not qualify for concessions for the 2021 MotoGP season even if it fails to score a podium in a so-far tough 2020 campaign. For the first time since 2008, no Honda rider has scored a podium in the first five races of a season, with the best-placed HRC rider in the standings LCR's Takaaki Nakagami on the year-old RC213V in sixth on 46 points. The top 2020 RC213V runner is rookie Alex Marquez having scored just 15 points, while LCR's Cal Crutchlow sits in 21st with just seven points to his name. Honda was dealt a major blow when world champion Marc Marquez broke his arm at the Spanish Grand Prix and has been ruled out since, with HRC confirming he will be sidelined for at least...
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