Joan mir burst into the open during a 2017 Moto3 season that he dominated head and shoulders. A blatant potential which did not escape the hands of Marc VDS Racing, Michaël Bartholemy. The latter snapped him up to install him in his Moto2 team as a teammate of Alex Márquez who is now experienced enough to compete for the title. An adventure appreciated by the young Spaniard who reminds us that he arrived out of nowhere…
No talented brother, no wealthy parents or patrons by his side from his first spins, Joan Mir was done alone. And he recalls it: “It was in 2008 I think and I was just accompanying my cousin to training who was riding a 125. It was great. It wasn't easy to make my way in this sport. I remember very well that we didn’t have a single penny to put into a team so I had to prove myself very early on.”
« I never got discouraged, and I was rewarded for my efforts. I arrived in Moto3 and the following year I won the title. I've fought for this goal all my life so when you achieve it, after putting so much effort into it, you feel an intense and incredible satisfaction. ».
Here he is now in the intermediate category of Grands Prix, the last step before MotoGP and in a defending team: “I am convinced I made the right choice” Mir insists speedweek. " It’s something special for me to be part of Marc VDS Racing. The guys have a lot of experience there and I like it. It's important for me to work with good people like Michaël Bartholemy ».
And the latter is happy with a recruit whose last performance before the break was a twelfth time in Valencia: “He is a young man who has a lot of potential and that is why we wanted to recruit him. But I was really impressed by his times, especially compared to those of riders who already had a few years of experience in Moto2. With Joan, it went better than I expected.”
