Now not the time to fight for MotoGP podiums

The six-time world champion has had a fraught start to the 2022 campaign and struggled to understand the radically revised Honda MotoGP bike, which is now more rear-biased to improve traction.

Finishing fifth in the 2022 Qatar curtain-raiser, his first race since winning the 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP after a pre-Portugal training crash left him with double vision that forced him out of…