Joan Mir should be considered among the favorites for a 2022 title race which promises to be more open than ever in MotoGP. Never have the gaps been so small against the clock between the protagonists while the planned campaign will be the longest in history with 21 games. As for the official Suzuki, he seems well armed with a GSX-RR which has been able to evolve while the official Hamamatsu team has overcome its weakness of evolving without a team manager by recruiting the solid Livio Suppo. However, we feel that the Spaniard suffers from a lack of recognition which undermines him. But this frustration also motivates him…
Joan mir spoke to the DAZN channel, whose comments were relayed by Motosan and the interview reveals a rider who first suffers from not having fully appreciated his title of MotoGP World Champion in 2020. So much so that he regrets always having to explain its value: “ I don’t think he’s been given the credit he deserves. he said. “If I came to Suzuki, it’s because it was difficult to make Suzuki win. If I had gone to Honda or Ducati, they won more recently and then I would have been just one more. But I won the first title of the modern era with Suzuki, so I expected a little more recognition from people ».
He adds : « but I think time will give recognition. Thank God my career is not over, I have a lot to give, I only won in my second year and I think every year I have a little more to offer. So it's not a tragedy for me that people don't recognize it ».
Joan Mir: “the only thing is to earn more to prove more to myself and to people”
Not one " drama » perhaps, but an injury nonetheless. It will be recalled that this crown was acquired after 14 Grands Prix in a season put together urgently when the pandemic was at the height of its economic and social impact. Furthermore, Marc Marquez was not on staff, as he was in full convalescence. And to erase this sort of misunderstanding and this idea of a title acquired as by default, Joan Mir knows what remains to be done: this title has the value it has, I'm not going to reevaluate it, the only thing is to win more to prove more to myself, to people »…
A remark which leads him to deliver his roadmap for 2022: “ I hope to be in front and show that I want to win again. It's very important for me to feel that I'm not just here to win a few races a year. I want the title, exploit my strengths, eliminate my weaknesses and see how far we can go.” And when it comes to adversity, he has this strong idea: “I'm expecting a year with a very high level and very fast races. Marc Márquez was and remains the driver to beat. He is the driver par excellence in recent years even though Fabio Quartararo won the championship last year ».
That's it for 2022. But this campaign will also be open to a horizon of 2023 and beyond, which needs to be determined. Exactly, Joan mir is one of the big names who suggested that “ everything was open ". Where is this reflection? “ Aside from brands calling you, the issue is whether you're ready to leave. I can't talk too much about it because it's complicated.. I'm going to make a decision soon and I'll communicate it when everything is finished, because it's not easy to do all the paperwork related to renewals and everything else. We'll see what happens. As a driver we always ask for more and it is too early to say if what has been provided is enough to fight for the title ».
If we follow the quest for recognition of Joan Mir, it involves an added value in his success, which can emerge from the brand for which he wins and which we did not expect at such a celebration, and this is the case of Suzuki, whose track record is less extensive than its opponents, except KTM and Aprilia. But it can also be noticed according to the value of the opponent defeated with the same bike, and on this level, it is clear that for the double World Champion, since also crowned in Moto3, can only aim for the challenge Marc Marquez at Honda.
