LCR Honda Team Owner, Lucio Cecchinello, has been surprised by Honda's sudden improvements at the start of 2025.

The Argentine Grand Prix was a successful weekend for the Honda Racing Corporation.

The Japanese manufacturer sat at the back of the field during the 2024 season. However, during the second round of the 2025 season, Johann Zarco put his RC213V on the front row and three Honda riders finished inside the top ten.

LCR Honda Team Owner, Lucio Cecchinello has been impressed by Honda's development but did not expect these improvements so early into the year.

"I expected a slight improvement because that was the trend we had in the second half of last year," Cecchinello told GPOne.

"HRC had done a lot of work in 2024, and the first real results had started to pick up and be seen after the Misano test. We had definitely taken a small step forward at the beginning of the year and then another one in September.

"During the winter they continued to work and in the Sepang tests, we could appreciate that everything they had brought in had made small improvements.

"So, I expected to take another step forward, but not so marked, not to start on the front row at the second race."

Cecchinello was asked if he had any worries about Honda's commitment to MotoGP, and if he ever suspected that they would leave the Championship.

"Absolutely not," Cecchinello responded.

"Because in my opinion, this is about the respect that Honda management has for the found of the company Soichiro Honda, in the latter part of his life, stated that there is no such thing as racing without Honda.

"So, Honda must continue racing, and I was always puzzled by the possibility that they would focus only on Formula One and abandon motorcycles.

"I never believed that because we are talking about a company that is close to 20 million motorcycles sold per year.

"Honda's philosophy has never been to abandon because they can't come out of difficulties, but to react."