Joan Mir He shared the press conference after the presentation of Repsol Honda with Marc Márquez and Alberto Puig at the Repsol Campus in Madrid, where he recognized that the pressure of being at Repsol Honda is no less than his self-pressure as the MotoGP champion that he is . And he revealed how the comments after the Sepang test were similar to those of Marc Márquez.
The pressure of being at Repsol Honda
“It’s something that an athlete has to live with and in a team like this it adds to you, but if you have the mentality to win, if you push yourself more than the outside, the outside doesn’t affect you . Last year I missed a little more pressure to play the championship and not to deny that you don’t get the results, that the bike doesn’t work. I enjoyed the pressure and an athlete has to know how to do it”.
Coincidences between two pilots
“In Sepang the challenge is important, in addition to riding in different ways I have to give development guidelines and it’s complicated when you don’t push 100%, they’re not 100% true. We’re focused on -adapt well to the bike and being in good times and then in giving guidelines that led us to the comments that Marc was giving. Even if he is at the right level if you need things, you are still creating confusion”
Vertigo because Marc has no one to be with
“There is always a fear of failure in any team but I am very confident in my ability, in this team we will have a competitive bike to fight and when we are at the top we will be in charge and that moment will come soon for we both fight for the race, I have a lot of confidence
the new weekends
“They will change a lot. On Friday they will have feelings and now it’s time to qualify for Q2 and Saturday qualifying and the race. It will be busier than usual. I’m focused on it with enthusiasm and until I live I won. ‘t say if I like it or not. As a driver I like the races more than a qualy or FP4, but the sprint race will be preparation for the big race. I want to see how we do it experience”
What should Honda improve?
“What you need is acceleration, we can improve, it’s one of the weak points, it’s something to work on the electronic part, I need more time to understand it and go around and trust lap after lap”
What was lacking in their predecessors?
“I don’t know what they lack, as a professional I must give the maximum of what I am and can contribute. More than the failures of some pilots I have to focus on myself and give 100%, I’m different from them and That’s not why I’m doing well. It’s in my power to control it and give 100% to succeed, which is our goal.”
The current MotoGP
Covid didn’t help. There used to be four heroes and now 12 drivers can win the race and it’s harder to be a single driver. I hope I’m not one of those who always wins. In 2020, I won the championship by winning a race and being the most consistent, but it’s hard to win races and be with those Ducatis and Aprilias, more and more bikes and the wings that are made the bike is easier than before and that helps too.”
Its purpose
“I will not accept not being in front and this is also what the team wants”
Legend has it that Honda is a motorcycle for Marc
“Every driver is different, coming to this team with a teammate like I have makes the challenge more complicated, but he wants the same thing as me, to succeed and if he can show it, that means that he could do it and get there, he reached his A team who had known the bike for years. And it’s a challenge for me but I’m coming at a good moment in my career. These colors are a dream
I don’t have experience with this bike, but I have the experience of winning races and I come at a time when it’s not a winner and take it to the top like it happened with Suzuki. I will test the experience of other motorcycles here, with enthusiasm”
Main Test Portimao
“The tests are very important because there are less and less and many things to try and experience to get before the first race, try to evolve as a rider and understand this bike better. In Sepang we had an acceptable that level, but we come to different circuits and It can change and you have to try the things that Honda has brought and make a golden step from a motorcycle. It is important.”
If this is the challenge of your life
“I am starting the second phase in my career, very important and decisive, if it goes well, it will be very good and if it doesn’t work, we have to rethink things, I am ready and have a lot of desire.”
SI looked at the podium
“I don’t know if I will be ready for the podium at first, hopefully, now I am concentrating on a better performance in the test and then we will see, my style will go from less to more in a season and increase the intensity race by race with a better feel, I’ll sign it but if I’m as competitive as possible, that’s fine
With new technical director Kawauchi
“Each person has a different contribution and I have the experience of seeing him work, he is very methodical, very square, organized when working and if they sign him they believe in him, that he can contribute of interesting things, I didn’t work at Takeo but it can contribute interesting things, it comes from succeeding in a brand that has followed all the evolution and has very good information to contribute, it can be positive”
Source: La Verdad
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