Joan Mir addressing Ducati rumour: “If I leave now, I’ll feel like I’m failing”

Mir had “offered h♔imself” to Gresini Racing, according to , amid a debut seasoꦍn with Honda which continues to be utterly miserable.
At the C⛦atalunya MotoGP, the 2020 world chꩵampion addressed that claim.
“When you’re in a si🔯tuation like we are, at the m🐬oment, then some teams show interest in you,” Mir said.
“This is something great.
“But what I want is to contin🅠ue♎ the project with Honda.
“I feel 🅰that if I leave now, I’ll feel like I’m failing.🎉 I don’t want that.
“I want to g💝ive more chances but it’s true that we can’t lose more years.”
Asked if his personal decision wa🐼s confirmed, Mir replied: “Yes. My decision is to stay. But we want, also, some changes to be closer.”
After Suzuki’s e🌠xit from the c🐲hampionship last year, Mir and Alex Rins both moved to Honda.
Rins, after just half-a-year where 🌜he 🏅claimed that he wasn’t being relied upon for development, has quit and will go to Yamaha next year.
Mir, after 10 rounds of the championship, has staggeringly 🌳only completed one grand prix, at Portimao on the openin💯g weekend. His teammate Marc Marquez has also completed just one.
No full-time rider is below Mir in t🌊he 💮MotoGP standings heading into Catalunya.
He even admitted to considering retirement this season due to 𒁃his struggles with the ౠHonda.

James ♔was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyt🐎hing from American sports, to football, to F1.