Joan Mir has deliverꦦed a detailed explanation onಞ how he will decide whether to stay at Honda, or to quit.

Mir is i🌟nto his second, and final, year of his Honda contract 𓂃but his bike looks worse than ever.

He admitted ahead of this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP that he is assessing his tea♔m’s plans for improvement b♏efore deciding whether to seek a new employer in 2025.

“In terms of what I want to d🌠o in the future? Honestly, I don’t know,” Mir said in Barcelona.

“It is difficult to say if I want to stay or not when you don’t see the performཧance.

“I’ve been 𒆙here for one year and we are in the same situation as last year, if not🌌 a bit worse, in terms of bike performance.

“For me now, the most important thing is to understand when we will be༺ competitive. When we will get good performances, when we will get close to the top guys.

“When I understand that, I will be able to♋ decide.

😼“Now, I d🃏on’t know if I can do another year like this…

“It would be very hard.”

But, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2025 MotoGP rider line-up is already takingℱ shape and some coveted bikes are being snapped up, Mir 🦩was told.

Delayin♏g his d💜ecision could cost him the chance to snare a better machine elsewhere.

“It’s a risk that we should probab𒁏ly take,” he replied.

“It is true that the market moves very fast.”

Honda underwent a private test at Mugello in the past fortnight, ahead of the MotoGP round at the 🉐same circuit next week.

Mir insists that any new parts he saw in Mugel൲lo will not directly influence his decision of whether to stay at Honda.

“T🌞his doesn’t change at all,” 𓆉he said. “As a rider you always give 100%, you give good information.

“The year is very long.ꦑ A small thing🍷 can completely change our life.”

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The private Mugello test for Honda and Yam💟aha was a part of the ꧒new concessions rule to aid their development.

Mir reveale🎃d: “We made a lot of laps, it was🃏 a very productive test.

“We tried a lot 🍃of things. Aerodynamics, especially. Different configurations on the engine.

“We w♔on’t 🅘get what we requested at the test for [this weekend]. We will have a similar package.

“We a⛎re in the progress of working. We need this month, two races at the end of June, then another month. From there, we will take a step forward.

“We are working on 🎃the correct direction, I am 100% 𒈔sure. We need effort and work on that direction.

“This is the homework they must 🦩do in Japan. They are working hard, I know it.

“In the next two months we will ge🐠t good upgrades on our bike.”

Mir said about the engine he test🐟ed: “We tried a different one. It was better, it helps the bike to turn. This was one area which we lost our way.

“On the other hand, the power changes a bit. They have to put it all tog🌟eth🥀er.

“We saw it can have posi🃏tive things. But they must work to take a step in the weak points.”

Mir said♑ about new aero parts: “It was good, positive. It was not a big evolu🔜tion. It was a step.

“I won’t use i😼t [this weekend]. I will probably use it at the next race.

We are following the steps.”

Mir was asked if the new Honda u🌠pgrades are🌞 improving his lap time, or just his feeling with the bike.

“To🧔 be translated to♑ lap times, we must improve the weak points,” he said.

“It is better in some areas but we have lost in a lotꦰ of areas.

“If they can make the good things now wiꩲth the good things 𓃲we had in the “past, then they will make a step.”

Mir did, howeve⛄r, insist that he finally believes Honda are moving in the right direction.

“Yes. In terms of evolution, yes,” he confirmed.

“Before, I had a feeling inside o✱f me that we were not working in the correctജ direction.

“Now, I have a good feeling.”