2023-09-24 17:50:10
Joan Mir has had his best weekend in MotoGP since he has been at Honda. The Spanish pilot He managed to finish in fifth place and less than five seconds from the podium in the Indian Grand Prix, in a race in which he was able to maintain a competitive pace during all the laps.
On a new circuit for all the drivers, The one from Honda surprised from the first free practice ranking among the first, something he was able to repeat in each session. “Now we have the basis for the development of the motorcycle,” admitted the Mallorcan, who hopes to maintain this progression in the next event, the Japanese Grand Prix, at Honda’s home.
“I have mixed feelings“, commented the Spaniard to the press at the Buddh International Circuit, who admitted to being happy with the weekend he had in India: “I’m certainly happy with the overall performance. With the team we did an excellent job and we knew how to be fast and take the right lines.”
Joan Mir pointed out that he suffered from the wear of the rear tire at the end of the race, but his feelings when he was riding behind Fabio Quartararo were good: “Despite that, In the second half of the race I started to have vibrations in the rear wheel and it was a real shame because he was comfortable behind Quartararo. She was getting there heading into the end, but then the problem became bigger and bigger and she feared she wouldn’t reach the finish line.”
This weekend the Repsol Honda Team riders have been riding in the leading positions since the first session, something that not even they themselves can explain, although they hope that in the next appointments they can continue with this progress.
The #36 still doesn’t know what has happened to allow them to be among the top ten, but he points out that the Misano test allowed him to have more experience and find some solutions to his problems: “It’s a mystery, Márquez has grown a lot in the last Grand Prix, on the other hand, I have progressed throughout the weekend. The Misano test helped me because I was able to complete many laps. In that case, towards the end, I showed that I was fast, even on used tires. That means we discovered something that gave me a lot of confidence.”
“On this new track we were immediately competitive“, pointed out Mir, who acknowledged that he did not expect to have this performance on a track unknown to everyone: “I must say I was surprised. I was convinced that we would only do well on Friday, but then I was fast in qualifying and also in the warm up.”
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Finally, the world champion has assured that this result is the beginning of a progression that the team must maintain if they want to return to the path of victory: “In the race we expected something better, however, I told the team that we cannot think about going from the back of the grid to victory immediately. This year it will be difficult to winr”concluded Joan Mir.
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