The Japanese manufacturer has scored just 85 points in the constructors’ championship so far in 2022 after 11 races, with it having scored just one podium courtesy of Pol Espargaro when he was third in Qatar.
Since then, its best result has been a fourth for Marc Marquez at Jerez, with the six-time world champion still its top rider in the standings in 13th on 60 points having been absent since Barcelona due to a fourth major operation on the right arm he badly broke in 2020.
