Joan Mir showed that you can respect contracts until December 31, after which you can appear in public and in front of everyone with your new partners. So here he is with his Repsol Honda colors for the first time, an operation that both Fabio Quartararo with HJC and Pol Espargaró with GASGAS did not have the patience to succeed. The two aforementioned, in fact, displayed their new brands on the web, to the great dismay of Scorpion for the Frenchman and Honda for the Spaniard. Exactly, Honda…
Honda in fact, of which Joan mir will be an official pilot under the awning Repsol in 2023. A real challenge which has already ended the careers of Dani Pedrosa as well as Jorge Lorenzo, while that of Pol Espargaro took a hit. The 2020 World Champion must also show that his coronation in the first world season after, with a Suzuki which we will miss, was not an accident favored by the health crisis. A challenge when you know that your teammate will be none other than a certain Marc Marquez which gives no quarter... Another challenge to take on with an RC213V which will be far from the docility of its old GSX-RR.
Joan Mir wants to appear with dignity in the Honda family album
A motorcycle which, for at least two seasons, has not been able to find its way back to the top and stand up to the slightest competition in MotoGP. Until the end of 2022, Mir couldn't show pictures of him in colors Honda, due to the contract still in place with Suzuki. This embargo having expired, here are the first official images of Joan appearing in the colors of Repsol Honda which he will take to the races in 2023.
In this short video made by Honda, we see the 2020 champion receive a book with photos of the great champions who have passed through the box Honda, including Doohan, Criville, Stoner and Marc Marquez… The last page of the book is still blank and Joan takes a photo with a legendary Polaroid, then pastes it directly into the empty space. Now the question will be whether Mir can match the exploits of the champions who preceded him, in one of the most difficult periods for Honda in MotoGP. But the Majorcan believes in it, mentioning: “👊 Ready to fight and defend these colors 🧡”.
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