Joan Mir says he still believes “we can do something great together” at Honda in MotoGP and doesn’t think Marc Marquez’s departure “will change so much” at the team.
Last week, Honda announced that it had reached an amicable agreement with eight-time world champion Marquez to part ways at the end of the 2023 season with a year left on his contract. On Thursday morning, Gresini Ducati subsequently nnounced that it had signed Marquez for 2024. Mir, who joined Honda this year from Suzuki, says he was “not surprised” that Marquez elected to leave HRC but doesn’t believe it will have a significant impact on the team next year.
” Joan Mir, Repsol Honda Team Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images Mir also sees no change in his standing within Honda moving forward as its de facto team leader, noting that the bike this year has not specifically been developed around Marquez. “Well, honestly, for the half – or a bit more – of year we made, I could see the development of the bike was not for one rider,” he added. “I could see everything what I needed. If I asked for one bike that Marc didn’t like, I always had it.
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