At Portimao, five laps were enough for Mir to realize that the bike he had configured with the technicians was eating up the tires. Circumstances that made him have no chance to score good results. Even before undergoing a long lap penalty, which was dropped due to his contact with Fabio Quartararo, in the Sprint Race.
At Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina, Mir was the only representative from the factory Honda team to lose Marc Marquez. However, he is 13th in the time table, 0.7 seconds behind Aleix Espargaro, who was the benchmark in Friday practice.
The 2020 MotoGP world champion assesses the impact of the set-up error in Portugal is still being felt in Argentina. The pressures that come with the new weekend format are still hard on those who haven’t started off on the right foot or have homework pending.
“In Portimao, we followed the direction we thought was right. But then, we realized that it wasn’t right. We started because it was the last thing we had. It was a catastrophe.”
He is gradually starting to build a base that is starting to stabilize, which makes him quite optimistic about the future.
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“From there, we found our way a bit, especially with the used tyres, and we put ourselves at 0.2 or 0.3 seconds off the pace which should give us access to the podium,” he continued.
“Everything is a consequence of the fact that we were late. You have to learn from this, but I know there is a lot of room for improvement. I’m having a hard time adapting to this new format. For someone who is still developing, it’s not the best.”
Mir does not hide the problems he faces. “We have tried many things (for Honda) and we are trying to find the right base. There is a lot of work to be done,” he said.
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