The future of Joan Mir is a subject of concern in the transfer market which is starting to exceed in immediate interest that of Fabio Quartararo. A sign, perhaps, that between the Frenchman and Yamaha, the links are closer than those bringing together the Spaniard and Suzuki in the same box. The 2020 World Champion does not miss an opportunity to remind his employer in Hamamatsu of his duties while at Repsol Honda, we are looking for a real understudy to Marc Marquez. Joan Mir is of this caliber and he is no stranger to the winged coat of arms. Livio Suppo, who was Alberto Puig's predecessor, recalls that he was on the verge of signing him as Dani Pedrosa's successor...
When the time is right, it will be interesting to take stock of the governance ofAlberto Puig in the Repsol Honda box. As long as Marc Marquez was at the top of his form, no questions arose, but since the eight-time World Champion is missing, everything seems depopulated at HRC forced to fundamentally review its RC213V and now to relaunch its recruitment policy.
The tree Marc Marquez therefore hid the forest and the land left fallow must be revitalized. This is good since contracts for 2023 and beyond will be negotiated this season. Livio Suppo, Racing Consultant remembers that he had in his viewfinder a Joan mir promising that Honda then let it slip when he left his position as team manager at the end of 2017. On Todocircuito, we read that he had started working on the future of the team by thinking about who could replace Dani Pedrosa at the limit of leap.
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Livio Suppo: “ at the moment also I would focus on Joan Mir«
And one of the first people he sat down to talk to was Paco Sánchez, representative of a Joan Mir who, that year, had been crowned Moto3 champion with the Leopard team and a Honda: “ in 2017 I started talking with Mir's manager, he's a driver that I really liked and today I still think the same thing. Joan is a driver who was champion at 22, he has a lot of experience and he is very fast. I would have signed it once Pedrosa retired ". And he insists: “ at this moment also I would concentrate on him ».
This is undoubtedly what is happening now because Honda can no longer afford to settle for just the card Marc Marquez in his game, even if it is a trump card. In the case of No. 93, Livio Suppo states: “ even Marc himself didn't know how things were going to go in the last few weeks. I am very happy for him. I'm very happy for him, I have a lot of affection for him, but I'm also happy for MotoGP. A championship with Márquez doing well from the first race is much more interesting ". It will be recalled that Repsol Honda has a second pilot named Pol Espargaro, whose fatal fate already seems sealed listening to the rumors. He will have to remember everyone's good memories from the tests of Sepang scheduled for February 5 and 6 to reverse this sad trend.
