Mir: "I'll wait a bit before saying what I can aspire to this year"

Jerez.- The Suzuki rider loitered among the top positions throughout almost the entire weekend on the Andalusian track, even though at no time was he able to measure himself short with Fabio Quartararo and Pecco Bagnaia, the two who showed, from At first, have a better rhythm.

Joan Mir, who started ninth, was unable to catch up with the leading duo formed by the Italian and Frenchman, nor the chasing group, made up of Aleix Espargaró (third), Marc Márquez (fourth) and Jack Miller (fifth).

Only at the end, when these three got into a brawl from which Aprilia benefited the most (he finished on the podium), did the world champion from two years ago manage to get behind. However, there he encountered a wall that spit him back again, making all his efforts useless.

When it was time to give explanations, the #36 pointed to the thermometer, and to the 48 degrees that the asphalt reached at the time of the race.

“I’m a bit disappointed. The temperature went up and, with it, also the pressure of the tire in front. I couldn’t do anything. When I got to the riders in front and started slipstreaming, I couldn’t attack. You have to find a solution because we will arrive at circuits where it will be hot”, declared Mir.

In the Mallorcan’s opinion, the key to this overheating of the front tire lies in the number of devices and wings that have been added to the bikes lately, and that increase aerodynamic load. That, logically, has a decisive impact on the behavior of the compounds.

“All the devices, the wings, create that front load. There are teams that handle it better, and it’s very frustrating. I’ve missed the apex of more corners than I’ve done well. If no one sneaks in, you don’t overtake here. When I started to get to the front group, I immediately fell back when I was riding behind another rider”, said the boy from Palma, who, after last week’s donut in Portugal , where Miller wore it, and this sixth place, he prefers not to venture to affirm that he will be able to fight for what would be his second MotoGP crown. “I’ll wait a bit before saying what we can aspire to this year,” said Mir, sixth in the general table, 33 points behind Quartararo.

Joan Mir, Team Suzuki MotoGP