After seeing predecessors Jorge Lorenzo and Pol Espargaro struggle, not to mention Marc Marquez’s dwindling results, Joan Mir must have been braced for a tough debut MotoGP season at Repsol Honda.
“I am super happy with our performance over the weekend and of course to finish in fifth position is a big boost for us. The team and I did a great job to understand the bike more, how you need to make the lap time and be fast this weekend.”
Mir revealed he might even have been able to keep pace with podium finishers Jorge Martin and Fabio Quartararo had he not been troubled by a rear tyre vibration. “We had a small thing in the end of the race [vibration] that meant I lost ground to Fabio and we dropped back,” he said.“I started to have vibration coming from the rear tyre. I thought that I couldn't finish the race, then when I was spinning more and more, it was like disappearing a bit more.
“So that conditioned the second part of our race a little bit, and I think that we could be close to Jorge [Martin] and Fabio today, honestly. “Finally in the end we were able to push and try to catch Binder after I almost crashed. It was a big save! But yeah, a really nice race overall and I have enjoyed my time in India.Mir said earlier in the weekend that he hopes to switch to the 2024 prototype, tried at the Misano test, in Motegi this weekend.
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