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‘You can’t fight for podiums like this’: Joan Mir’s warning after Catalan MotoGP
Honda’s Joan Mir expressed that replicating his second-place finish at the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix will be challenging due to how close to his limits he had to ride during the race.
The 2020 world champion demonstrated impressive speed in the challenging race, which saw two red flags due to serious incidents.
Despite eventually being penalized 16 seconds for a tyre pressure violation, Mir’s podium position with Honda was a significant achievement for the season.
Mir acknowledged that pushing to the edge, as he did in the Catalan Grand Prix, is not sustainable for every race and highlighted the need for improvement in maintaining podium contention consistently.
While Mir was satisfied with the podium in Barcelona, he admitted that he needs to find a balance between pushing hard and maintaining stability in races to compete at the highest level consistently.
Ultimately, Mir believed that he missed his chance to win the race by not overtaking Pedro Acosta sooner, allowing eventual winner Fabio Di Giannantonio to create a gap that was challenging to close in the remaining laps.
