2022 season to forget for Joan Mir. A new injury will force the Majorcan champion to enter the operating room.
After the summer break Joan Mir collected zero points, a season to forget for the 2020 world champion. After the news that Suzuki would abandon the MotoGP championship, he experienced a surreal situation, together with his manager Paco Sanchez he had to quickly find a new team, in starts by diverting attention from the World Cup.
On his return from vacation he suffered a bad ankle injury due to the crash in Austria, missing four Grands Prix until his return to Australia. In Malaysia he got off to a great start recovering several positions at the start and climbing up to fourth place, before a mistake took him 19th and last to the finish line. Once again Joan Mir has to deal with the physical and accuses a problem of compartment syndrome in the right forearm.
Joan Mir plans arm surgery
In recent years, with the increase in power and performance of prototypes MotoGP, compartment syndrome has become a widespread problem among premier class pilots. The increased tissue pressure causes poor blood flow to the forearm muscles, resulting in pain and numbness. But for the Majorcan of the Suzuki it’s not time to relax yet.
In ten days he will run his last race on the GSX-RR, two days later he will get on the Honda for a day of testing in Valencia, to get to know his new bike for the next two years. For the first time he will share the box with Marc Marquezthen it will be time to go into the operating room to solve the arm problems and arrive in excellent shape at the starting line of the next championship.
Joan Mir will undergo the operation in Barcelona in November. “I have to prevent it from happening to me again. I can’t allow it. That can’t be why a weekend ends like this“He said after the Malaysian GP. “I couldn’t put enough pressure on the brake lever. There was a time when I almost gave up because it doesn’t make much sense to drive like that. But I wanted to finish the race… During the season I usually train in motocross. In recent months, however, I have not been able to practice it. This certainly contributed to the problem in part“.
