Mir, before Suzuki’s farewell: “It will be a very special GP”

Joan MirMotoGP world champion in 2020, recognized today at the “Ricardo Tormo” circuit in Cheste that this will be “a very special grand prix, because a stage is about to end” and he is convinced that “this will be the end of a very emotional week for everyone.

“Somehow the motivation is high because after coming back from Australia, from four races almost in a row, with the technical problem we had, going to Malaysia and also with the forearm problems, not being able to balance two weekends that could have been. positive for us, because we got here and it’s over, so I want to close this stage with a good result”, says Mir.

“I think we would say goodbye in another way, with a good result instead of a bad result, so that’s all that’s on my mind right now, I’m trying to remove that ‘thorn’ that I got stuck in some races and that’s it. We will see what can be done,” emphasized the Suzuki rider.

When referring to his problems with his right arm, Joan Mir explained that “this week I had an MRI because the problem may have come from the cervicals and it’s still bad because of that, but we released that it comes from there and it relieved me in that aspect; now, after the grand prize and the test, I will do some more tests but it looks like we are going to have surgery”.

For Joan Mir this season was the worst of his career, due to the departure of Suzukiabout which he said that “it is better to know later, I agree, but this is an extraordinary year in terms of this news, because we did not expect any of this and at least it has been difficult for to me. to accept the news and then also manage the emotions within the team”.

“It was a year with some changes that took place at the beginning in Suzuki, for all it has been a different year and we are going to finish it in the best possible way”, insists Joan Mir.

In Valencia the MotoGP and Moto2 titles are settled and, in this regard, the Suzuki rider confirms that “the Moto2 title is interesting. Ogura made a big mistake and I think the race will be very exciting. MotoGP? In Pecco it’s very, very good, if he gets a normal weekend, he’s more than done, and I think Saturday will be a decisive day for both of us”.

Of Augusto Fernandez he remembered that “when you mark something, sometimes the riders come from behind, and Augusto showed that he is very good in all circuits and that’s why if he has a good weekend, he has a good one”.

“What happens is that managing all this is complicated. If I were him, I would go out for his own weekend and that’s it, forget about Ogura for a bit and then, in the race, obviously you have to go there’s a little point maybe, but if he doesn’t go one hundred percent, he won’t win,” Mir said.

In MotoGP, he assured without hesitation that “whoever said that ‘Pecco’ has no merit in winning this World Championship, if he wins it, he has no idea about motorcycles. Who said that a world champion has no merit for winning is that he has no idea about motorcycles or sports in general”.

“Winning a year is managing many things well. It’s not that we won and lost. We won and third the following year. It must have been another atypical year too, sure. I don’t give importance to people who underestimate the work of others. ” , stressed Joan Mir.

In his new sports journey, from Suzuki to the Repsol Honda team, Joan Mir said that he did not expect “to arrive and for it to be a revolution, for the bike to be perfect, although I expected a very different bike in terms of ergonomics and in terms of everything, compared to Suzuki.

“We have to adapt and test things well, but for now I have the goal of finishing well at Suzuki and then I have a very important challenge in the test, but I also have a very important challenge on Sunday because we have to finish this well for the team. We all deserve it”, assured Mir.