Joan Mir feeꦿls he is now ‘in the correct way’ after concluding a breakthrough MotoGP weekend a𝕴t the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with a quick showing in testing.

Enjoying his stronges🌊t MotoGP outing since his headline-grabbing debut at Qatar earlier in the year, Mir reached Q2 and avoided carnage around him to come home in sixth position only a second behind team-mate Alex Rins.

Going on to record the eighth quickest time in testing as he trialled modifications to the GSX-RR, the 2017 Moto3 Champion feels he has turned a corner▨.

“We tried new things and we had some improvements, I am so happy about this because I was able to have a really good pace to🦩day, it was a really 🅷positive test for us. We are in the correct way to find a good result.

“Straight away I was able to do a really good pace in the morning, I felt better grip and alsﷺo my confidence with the bike, m🌸y feeling was better everywhere.”

Reflecting on the race, Mir suggests he could 💧have pushed to be closer to the podium fight but accepted he needed to secure the top six position he w🍰as in after a difficult run of races.

“:🐷I had a lot of bad races in the first part of the season and yesterday🍃 was an opportunity to finish the race in a good position so I didn’t want to risk it more.”