World champion Joan Mir returns to the “anonymous” conquest of the 2020 title and the next challenge with Honda.
At the Ricardo Tormo in Valencia Joan Mir he will race his last race on a Suzuki, after four seasons in which he collected just one victory and a MotoGP title. For the Majorcan it was a 2022 to forget, punctuated by injuries and hot attention, after the Hamamatsu manufacturer announced his farewell to the World Cup. An unpredictable change of scene for anyone and that has blown away all team members.
In a long interview with Dazn, the Spanish champion discussed the title he won in 2020 and the new experience that awaits him from next week, when he will get on the Honda RC213V and will share the box with Marc Marquez. In between a ’22 championship to forget. “It was difficult for me“, Said Joan Mir. “They are worried about where they will be next year, they have to feed their family. They convey this concern to you… it has been difficult for me to stay motivated this year. I was not expecting a year like this at all. It’s complicated to manage, it wasn’t easy for me“.
Joan Mir ready for the new challenge
Nobody can erase the good things done in previous years, starting with the title MotoGP grabbed in the 2020 season. A triumph that, however, did not receive the deserved honor. “It bothers me that people don’t like it. When people try to belittle your work, it’s complicated. It is always said ‘that Marc wasn’t there’, because he got injured, that ‘it was the year of COVID’ … The team’s work that year was spectacular“.
Perhaps to weigh on his resume is the single victory won by Joan Mir in Valencia in 2020. But on the bulletin board he can boast a long series of podiums and a solidity of results that certainly few can boast. Now is the time to look ahead and put the past behind you, for better or for worse. A new big challenge is coming up, not an easy one, because no one is able to take Honda to the limit outside of Marc Marquez.
Joan Mir will have to share the garage with the champion from Cervera, a feat that proved not easy for many MotoGP talents, such as Jorge Loenzo And Pol Espargarò. Optimism reigns in anticipation of next season: “These years with Suzuki give me the strength to win any challenge. From the start I would like to fight to be where I deserve, in the top three“. The relationship with Marc Marquez? “We have a good feeling and I hope it never ends… Having him in the team gives me peace of mind“.
