In recent days, rumors have emerged about Joan Mir considering retiring from MotoGP after the 2024 season. The Repsol Honda rider is going through tough times due to the lack of competitiveness from the manufacturer.
With Honda in an endless sporting crisis, the Spaniard may want to leave – he is at the end of his contract and, as is natural for someone who has already been a champion, he wants to return to fighting for the top positions. And the possible end of his career?
Mir was confronted with these rumors and denied that he is considering such a scenario… at least for now: ‘I don’t think I’ll go home. Maybe later, when I have offers, I’ll think about it, but if I get out of this difficult situation at Honda… when you start being competitive again, your mindset changes completely. If you feel that by doing the same you are where you deserve to be, everything changes and maybe you want to stay for another ten years‘.
The Spaniard has the example of his former colleague Marc Márquez, who moved to Gresini and returned to good results: ‘The question is to get out of this situation. I talked several times with Marc about this, how he felt last year and how he feels now. I had an example, a trajectory that I can follow, or another one which is to stay in this situation. I don’t know‘, said Mir.
