Joan Mir has startlingly admitted that he considered retiring from MotoGP - but knew he’d regret it.
has startlingly admitted that he considered retiring from MotoGP - but knew he’d regret it.
The Repsol Honda rider has endured a miserable campaign since switching from Suzuki, where he won the 2020 MotoGP championship. Mir finished 11th at Portimao on the first Sunday of the 2023 season on his Honda but shockingly hasn’t finished a grand prix since, while teammate Marc Marquez hasn’t completed any of the nine rounds.“What is certain is that I am convinced that in the future I would have regretted it."Right now I have realised that this is not the time because I am going to regret it, so you have to keep gritting your teeth.
Mir suffered a hand injury in a crash which sidelined him from two rounds, and when he returned he found a bike which was utterly uncompetitive."An elite athlete, in the end, feeds off of the good results, the good times, of all this.“I don't consider myself a rider who comes here to hang out and enjoys all this.“I enjoy when I am at home relaxed, all the pressure that MotoGP entails, if it does not have a reward, it really is quite difficult to carry or it is quite difficult for me.
"All these bad parts are what I've been eating since last year with Suzuki when they decided to close.
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