MotoGP India: Breakthrough ride for Joan Mir? ‘I think we could be close to Jorge and Fabio’
But few would have predicted the 2020 world champion would score points in just one of the opening 12 rounds/24 races, including twice be♌ing sidelined by injuries.
It was enough for Mir to briefly contemplate retirement, but ꦯthere was finally some light at the end of the tunnel in India where Mir made a step-change in form.
Qualifying fifth, just ahead of Marquez, Mir fell from the lead group in the Saturday Sprint but made amends with fifth in the Sunday race, direct💦ly behind the KTM of Brad Binder.
“A great race today,” said Mir, whose only previous Honda points came from eleventh place in the Portimao s🃏eason opener.
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“I am super happy with our performance over the weekend and of course to finish in fifth position is a big boost for us. The team and I did a great job to understand the bike more, how you need to make the lap time and be fast this🙈 weekend.”
Mir revealed he might eღven have been able to keep pace with podium finishers Jorge Martin and Fabio Quartararo had he not been troubled by a rear tyre vi👍bration.
“We had a small thing in the end of the race [vibration] that meant I lo𝓡st ground to Fabio and we ꦐdropped back,” he said.
“I started to have vibration coming from the rear 🤪tyre.💮 I thought that I couldn't finish the race, then when I was spinning more and more, it was like disappearing a bit more.
“So that con♓ditioned the second part of our race a little bit, and I think that we could be close to Jorge [Martin] and Fabio today, honestly.
“Finally in the end we were abl🌳e to push and try to catch Binder after I almost crashed. It was a big savꦕe! But yeah, a really nice race overall and I have enjoyed my time in India.
“Let’s keep it up in Japan!”
Mir said earlier in the weekend that he hopes to switch tꦏo the 2024 prototype, tried at the Misano test, in Motegi.
Team-mate Marquez recovered to ninth plꦯace after falling fro🎉m fourth.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valenti🦹no Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury iss🦂ues.
