MotoGP, Mir: "The path taken by Honda is right, we just lack consistency"

Joan Mir has been on the podium with his Honda twice this year, and most recently in Sepang. The strides made by HRC are there for all to see, and there are still two GPs left to finish the season on a high note. Is celebrating on the podium again the goal in Portimão, as well?

"We'll see, It's true that, on this track, expectations are higher than they were in Malaysia," the Spanish rider said. "In Sepang, we usually struggle while, here, we could have a good weekend. Why not? It's a special circuit, with so many blind corners, it's difficult to make a difference. We'll try. Confidence is at its highest level this season. It'll be important to find that consistency that we still lack. We can be fast, but we have to have more margin, because attacking one hundred percent for the entire race isn't possible. That's what can give us more consistency."

He delighted his fans in Sepang as he rode effecivetly and spectacularly.

"When you can fight for a deserving result, you give something more. It happens on a subconscious level. You can give something more because you're happy. On a perfect weekend, we can get good results, but I also like that people enjoy watching me ride. Although, to find that consistency I was talking about, I may have to slow down a bit," he concluded, with a laugh.

Then Joan became serious again when he thought about the possibility of Honda losing concessions. All they have to do is score 19 points in the last two GPs for that to happen.

"I think that, if we don't have the concessions anymore, it'll be because we'll have deserved it," Mir reflected. "I think we're no longer in that moment where we don't know what to do to be faster. We found the right direction that will lead us to improve even more if we work well. Concessions have been important in recent years but, if we don't have them anymore, it won't be a problem."