Confidential Box: The MotoGP INEM queue

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OPEN FUTURE: The INEM tail of MotoGP.

The MotoGP rider market is in full swing. The fact that some teams closed their formations last week for next season has had an accelerating effect on those who still have their future in the air; the roots begin to appear. The discourse of pilots who previously despised the option of a satellite team, has now more or less given way to an “anywhere”. Everyone is talking to everyone. Suzuki’s withdrawal at the end of the year reversed the market. Contracts rejected last year are now offered with a discount of at least 50% and also have the tagline “take it or leave it, and if not what happens next.” Teams have a high hand; This is what happens when supply exceeds demand. In this “INEM queue” of MotoGP there are currently profiles as strong as GGPP winners like Alex Rins and Miguel Oliveira, who last year were the great promise of the World Cup, Raúl Fernández, and no more or less less than a World Champion like Joan Mir.

SATURATION: What’s going on with Joan Mir?

Few remember that Joan Mir went through the nightmare of a lockout during her time in Moto2, when problems between two members of Team Marc VDS devastated that team. Then, in 2018, the crisis erupted during the Spanish GP, at the same stage where Suzuki announced to team members its decision to leave MotoGP. Mir has always maintained that his discreet time in Moto2 was the result of the shock wave of a decaying team. And four years later, their situation is the same. Joan, who has always been characterized as a rider who brought the bike to the finish line, crashed at Le Mans and Mugello, and yesterday here in Montmeló she finished the 16th day, 1.248s behind Aleix Espargaró. No, this is not the “normal” Mir. Have you ever lost focus after the announcement of Suzuki, have you been the victim of a team that has lost motivation, do you feel the pressure that you don’t know where you’re going next year or just happen to go through a bad stage ? ? He only knows the answers, but Mir is identified as a groggy boxer who desperately needs a bell to ring to give him time to collect himself. In fact, after a frustrating weekend in Italy, the team itself prompted him to return to Mallorca and disconnect for a few days. Hopefully the reaction will come tomorrow and Joan will tell me how wrong I am.

BOX 0: Honda chooses Nakagami to play Marc.

As expected, neither Pol Espargaró nor Alex Márquez were chosen by Honda to continue the development work on their bike; They have no contract for next year. What was in Marc’s hand was passed to Lucio Cecchinello’s Team LCR box, for Nakagami to review, which was linked to Honda through an agreement they at the time called “multi-year”. In other words, they can have a Japanese pilot for whatever they want and wherever they decide. They’ve worked him through Marc’s long absence over the past two years, stages where, by the way, the Japanese rider achieved his best results. But Nakagami didn’t hide his frustration yesterday with the “new” given to him to try. “I was hoping to find an extra two or three tenths, but it turns out it’s been worse than we have.” I don’t know, but it seems like without Marc, Honda would somehow be back in square 0 in its attempt to win the “universal motorcycle”, that motorcycle on which all the brand’s riders would be competitive. Coincidentally, Stefan Bradl was confirmed as Marc’s replacement driver for the 5 GP, until before the race.

Source: La Verdad

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