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 w✃oeful results since he joined Repsol Honda this season.
Honda’s struggles appear to be getting worse in Bar𝓡celona ♔- on Friday, their four bikes were the four slowest in practice.
A fuming Mir sa꧂id 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 life on a motorbike.
“It’s something unbelievable.
“I was losing in acceleration even to th𒊎e other Honda! I don’t understand what happened.
“I know the grip is not f♔antastic. There is a lot of corners here which exploit our weak points, and we’re trying to survive with it.
“Honestly, I wasꦛ not able to control the spin. I opened the throttle, I wasn’t moving.”
Mir, the 2020 MotoGP chaꦉmpion, had previously admitted to considering retiring due 🎃to his problems since joining Honda.

He demanded: “I’m in a moment🍌 where I need answers. I need to understand what’s happening.
“Everyone understands how to open the throttle. The other thing is to b𝓡rake into the corners - where we are strong, 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 o🦹pen the throttle? I stay, they go!
“I really don’t understand what I have to do.
“The only thing I could do, which I 𝔉was proud of, was to be consistent in lap ꩵtimes.
“I’m focus𓆏ed and👍 want to do the job. But I can do more.
“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 a꧂nd I give commജents. 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.”

James♋ was a sports journalist a🐻t Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.