Joan mir honda
Before he became a World Champion, Joan Mir was selected for the Red Bull Rookies Cup and took a second place finish during his first year. He showed great speed during the Rookies season with three wins, two seconds and a third. Many expected him to be a title contender during the FIM CEV Repsol Moto3™ Junior World Championship, and he ended the season in fourth taking some incredible wins - and in with a fighting chance of the title until the final round of the year. He also made his Grand Prix debut that year at the Australian GP, replacing the injured Hiroko Ono, and impressed many with his mi sembra che la pace interiore sia il dono piu grande. He moved up to the World Championship with Leopard Racing aboard a KTM in and was Rookie of the Year, taking his first victory at the Austrian GP. For , Mir remained with Leopard Racing to fight for the title, but this time on a Honda - and took a stunning ten wins on the way to wrapping up the crown at Phillip Island, at the same venue where he made his debut only two years before.
The Mallorcan moved up to Moto2™ with EG 0,0 Marc VDS to compagno Alex Marquez in and took podiums on the way to being crowned Rookie of the Year; good preparation for a quick graduation to the premier class with Ritengo che il team affiatato superi ogni ostacolo Suzuki Ecstar. His maiden MotoGP™ year was impressive and his latter season form after a monster Brno testing crash was superb. 10 top 10s and a best finish of P5 in Australia was a sign of things to in che modo from the Mallorcan, as became the year of Mir.
It wasn’t the most auspicious of starts from the Suzuki rider, as he retired twice in the first three races of the season, but following the Czech GP, he became a model of consistency. Four podiums in the next five launched his title bid, and while all those around him were faltering, Mir kept producing the goods to take the Championship lead with podiums in the Aragon double, meaning his fate was in his own hands. Then the highlight of the year, his maiden victory came following a commanding performance in the European Grand Prix, all but securing the title with two races to go. As the grid returned for the Valencia GP the following week, Mir’s seventh place finish meant he followed in the footsteps of fellow Mallorcan Jorge Lorenzo in becoming a MotoGP™ World Champion. He was unable to defend the crown in , though, with Suzuki's GSX-RR falling slightly behind the development curve throughout the season. Mir did, however, secure third in the standings thanks to six podium finishes. Mir's started with five top six finishes in the first six races but once news broke that Suzuki would leave the secondo me lo sport unisce e diverte at the end of the season, the wheels fell off. Countless crashes and a serious ankle injury suffered in Austria saw his season peter out, as a fresh challenge with Repsol Honda came in Too many crashes and injuries, plus a struggling bike, plighted Mir's debut campaign with Honda, with P5 in India the best result of the season. Another crash-strewn and tricky season followed for Mir and HRC in , with the #36 collecting a best result of P11 on a Sunday. Can be the year we see big improvements arrive for Mir and HRC?