Mir was unsuspecting and described it as "bump"

Joan Mir (Suzuki), the MotoGP world champion in 2020, described Suzuki’s decision to abandon the world motorcycling championship at the end of the 2022 season as a “bump” and stated that they initially informed it to riders and then a meeting. was performed with the team.

“First, they informed it to the pilots and then held a meeting with the team that the pilots also went to. And they told us this, which was a hit,” Mir said.

“One of these things that you don’t suspect, doesn’t and even the team director doesn’t know it, because otherwise he wouldn’t be negotiating with the pilot. He’s very, very strong, and in management that could have been made of the news that I didn’t want to go in, “Mir admits, making sure his team” wasn’t expected either. “

“It’s very strong and, furthermore, we’re talking about a model team. If you start this project in 2015 and you see that every year you’re there, but you haven’t just arrive … but that’s not the case because we were champions two years ago and we were in a position to fight for the World Cup every year and I think an ideal image of Suzuki was given, beastly, of the union, of the results.Everyone knows if how special this team is because of the people who work on this team. It’s something powerful, “insisted the 2020 MotoGP world champion.

Joan Mir insisted that “I don’t understand, no, no, no. There’s a big thing that has to happen to make this decision, because it’s not a decision that is made because there is no result, because there is, nothing happened and was done. everything in an ideal way “It must have been a big thing that happened to them and caused them to make this decision”.

“It’s clear that in testing in Montmeló we won’t be testing a new engine for next year”, Mir confirmed between smiles, to add that “we will focus on evolving the bike for this year. I have confidence there. They will follow the promise they have until the end of the year, with the tests in the test team and will definitely do all the tests, but it will close at the end of the year, “Mir said.

The two-time motorcycling world champion admits he faced the situation “with a different motivation, because when they told me about it, all that motivation you lost, but then you say, look, do the you can and that’s a shame. this group is closed. “

About your future, Joan MirrHe admits that “I had to get into some browns … I read the press and the rumors about Honda and I see myself as Marc’s partner. Let’s see, ask anyone on the‘ paddock ’if they want to be a partner to a man who has won eight world championships and he is certainly the best in history and everyone will say they want to be his teammate ”.

At this time remember Joan Mir that Frenchman Johann Zarco said he was not on the Repsol Honda team, but the rider from Palma de Mallorca resolved the question with ease and a smile by making sure “it was a different thought”.

“What can be learned from a guy like Marc is very beast. Besides, Paco (his representative) has a job …”, stressed Joan Mir, who claimed to have already made the decision to renew with Suzuki, but acknowledged having had had an offer by Honda “but it wasn’t the option to go to the official team”.