Joan Mir complains at Catalunya MotoGP: “Worst feeling of my life on a bike, I need answers”

🤡Mir finished 21st in the sprint race at the Catalunya MotoGP, the latest in a series of woeful results since he joined Repsol Honda this season.
Honda’s struggles appear to be getting worse in Barcelo🅷na - on Friday, their four bikes were the four slowest in practice.
A fuming Mir said after the sprint: “It is difficult for me to be in front of you and to speak about the race🐭.
“I had the worst feeling of my l♌ife 🐼on a motorbike.
“It’s something unbelievable.
“I was losing in ജacceleration even to the other Honda! I don’t understand what happened.
“I know the grip is not fantastic. There is a lot of corners h🌼ere which exploit ouꦏr weak points, and we’re trying to survive with it.
“Honestly, I was not able to control the spin. I opened the throttle, I wasn’t 💫moving.”
Mir, the 2020 MotoGP champion, had previously 🐲admitted to considering retirin🐭g due to his problems since joining Honda.

He demanded: “I’m in a moment where I need answers. I need to understan🔯d what’s happening.
“Everyone understands how to open the throttle. The other thing is to br𒁃ake into the corners - where we are str☂ong, we didn’t lose our braking.
“But what happened in the race was unacceptable.
“If you think deeply into what I’m saying - I brake, I go in with the others, no problem,💙 but the moment that I open the throttle? I stay, they go!
“I really don’t understand what I have to do.
“The onl♍y thing I could do, which I was proud of, was to be consistent in lap times.
“I’m focused and want to do the job. But I can do mor𒁃e.
“I try to head into weekends with⭕ good moods and positivity, mentally in a good situation. But the other thing is patience - that’s another story.”
🥂Asked if he had the authority within the team to make changes to his set-up, Mir replied: “I can do what I want because I’m a rider and I give comments. I don’t know what to do.
“It’s the job of the guys in the team to find what I need to exploit my talent. Every rider knows 🐲how to ride the bike. The good things that I have, they don’t allow me to do it.”

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