Joan Mir (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) has been recognized for achieving the Grand Prix of the Americas which will take place this weekend at the COTA circuit in Austin the top 5 will be “a result to be very happy”.
Until now it has not been possible “because of crashes, ‘long lap’ penalties, failures in small things in the electronics, for being the first races in general, for all this, for that reason Right now, I think a result I would be happy with would be a top five. It’s a lot of fun”, emphasized Joan Mir.
The Repsol Honda rider recognizes that they have not yet shown the potential of the bike, although COTA (Circuit Of The Americas) due to the track record of his teammate Marc Márquez, does not have to be the most favorable, as Mir pointed out that”nor in recent years have I seen the superiority that I had five or four years ago on this circuit -Marc Márquez-, well these last two years it is worth more because in the new era of MotoGP the bike is more important, it is an important, very important factor, and Honda is not at its best moment, but based on work and insist that we remove it”.
Remembering his fall in Argentina, Joan Mir stressed that “for the first two days I didn’t remember much, I saw the images, and it seemed like I touched something”.
“At first, looking at the data, They told me that I gave gas before and I accepted it because I don’t remember much either. I thought, well, it might be because it was the first lap, but I was surprised, because I don’t do these things much and then I saw that it was a touch. It’s good to know to rule out that in the end it wasn’t my riding mistake, that I didn’t hit it well, but they don’t change things too,” insisted the Repsol rider on that matter.
Regarding the fact that the accident happened in the sprint race, he pointed out that “it could have happened equally in long races, but it is also clear that the more races, the greater the risk of it happening to you.”
“This format is more delicate, we see it and I don’t know what all the pilots think.. I haven’t read anything about it, but obviously it’s more delicate and you try to win everything in the first laps. By doing it once on Sunday you can play it and save it in half, but by doing this twice you buy multiple lottery tickets and in the end many pilots were injured and I don’t think it will go down”, Mir admitted with concern.
“In all the races that happen, I don’t see that either because it’s a sprint race you’re going to overtake someone that in a normal race you wouldn’t. Do it the same, but the risk is doubled“, indicates.
“In a normal race you think too. You won’t be disappointed, at least my approach to these races is that I don’t change the mentality too much. It’s not like I’m going to overtake two drivers braking in a ‘sprint race’ and one another, no, no! You advance as much as you can with the limits that you can consider and all, but it is true that there are more risks,” Joan Mir continued in this regard.
And about his performance he insisted that “It’s complicated for someone coming from a different factory and a different motorcycle and I think the fastest laps, the real ones, come from finishing the details, finishing closing the bike, finishing everything… When you’ve got a lot of work ahead of you and you’ve tried things and you know the basis you have. can be greatly improved, because you still don’t get the laps that can come out and it’s true that it’s a risk or an additional difficulty at the moment”, he said.
Source: La Verdad
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