The Japanese manufacturer has made an abysmal start to the new campaign on its radically overhauled RC213V package.
Scoring just eight points out of a possible 111 from the opening three rounds, no Honda rider has cracked the top 10 yet in either sprint or grand prix.
In last weekend’s Americas Grand Prix, only one Honda rider – Luca Marini – finished the race, albeit 33.529 seconds behind the victor at a track it won at 12 months earlier with Alex Rins.
This comes as the mood in the Honda camp was positive in last November’s Valencia test, but a lack of progress since has stumped the marque.
“The only thing I can tell you is in Japan they are trying hard,” Puig told motogp.com during the Americas GP.
“They are really trying, they are working on many different things.
“They bring new people to the group, they have more manpower. I mean, it’s not that they are sleeping.
Source: Autosport