Joan Mir was the second best among the Japanese bikes in the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix, crossing the finish line in 13th place – two positions behind Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha).
The Repsol Honda rider talked about the fight in the «Japanese cup» and admitted that the other rivals are distant at the moment. Furthermore, he admitted that he didn’t have the best possible approach:
– The other ones… they are far. But the good thing is that we stayed in front of a lot of bikes that are more competitive than ours. This is what we have to find at the moment. The 11th place was the best result we could do in this race. Just this – try to control the tyres a bit more on the last five laps, that I did wrong overtaking Fabio, and then I lost two seconds in the last two laps. That’s the thing to learn for me for the next ones. Let’s keep this intensity, this level, and move to the next one.