It was a Joan Mir, a little reassured about his future after this 2022 season, who presented himself at the Red Bull Ring, swept by the storm just as Marc Marquez was giving his press conference. A sign ? Perhaps because the future ex-Suzuki driver, reluctantly, since it is his employer who is resigning, is actually approaching the Repsol Honda box. He seems to know enough to have fallen asleep again, but he regrets that the nights are always restless for his current team who probably shouldn't follow him...
Joan mir approaches this Austrian Grand Prix under a certain tension, and firstly because he is not having a good season… “ Unfortunately, the current situation is not easy and I am not having fun riding the bike, because we are going through a complicated moment » said the 2020 World Champion. « If we managed to get a good result, everything would fall into place ».
And perhaps this reassuring news about its future in MotoGP will give it the momentum which seems to have abandoned it since Suzuki announced his withdrawal from the competition. The teammate ofAlex Rins, who already knows that he will be an LCR-Honda driver until 2024 specifies: “ we are quite close, closer than yesterday. I think you will soon have news regarding 2023 ". Then he adds: “ this year I have to think only about Suzuki and close 2022 in the best possible way. Talking about 2023 and the new bike is only likely to create more confusion and personally I don't want such a situation to happen ».
Joan Mir: “ mechanics and engineers do not know their future«
And then there is also towards those he will have to leave, left on the sidelines by a distant board of directors of Suzuki : " no one knows their future. Mechanics and engineers would obviously like to have more information, but the situation is certainly not easy ».
Et Joan mir will be of no help to them: my priority is to avoid destroying an existing working group that has been working together for some time » he warns. “ So I will have to understand what my next team plans to do and how to move. We will have to analyze this aspect and it is not simple, because it is not a normal situation ».
