Chronicle.Triplete of the new Spanish generation and Joan Mir is already leader of the World Cup
At age 10,
Joan Mir
(Palma de Mallorca, 1997) got tired of skateboarding and changed his destiny.
His father Joan, owner of the Roll and Roll store in Palma, had started him on the skateboard, on the skates and even on the scooter when it was not yet fashionable, but he preferred to follow in the footsteps of a distant cousin,
Joan Perelló
, who went on to run several 125cc World Championship races between 2009 and 2011. Nobody becomes a professional after starting so late - in fact he is the latest MotoGP rider - but then Mir just wanted to feel the speed.
In the midst of
Jorge Lorenzo's era
and, as Perelló had already done, Mir enrolled in the Palma school of the father of the three-time MotoGP champion,
Chicho Lorenzo
, and set about enjoying himself.
But it turned out he had talent.
Lot of talent.
And, although he only lasted a year with Chicho, dissatisfied with his method, at the hands of the Balearic Motorcycling Federation he soon made his debut in the Cradle of Champions, in the Red Bull Rookies Cup and finally in the Moto3 World Championship.
It was October 18, 2015. Yesterday, just five years later, I was already the MotoGP leader.
«His career is very curious for that.
It started very late, but then it has burned stages very fast.
Although he won the Moto3 World Championship in 2017, perhaps the general public does not know him very much, but he is very good ", defines him as his representative, lawyer
Paco Sánchez
, who highlights Mir's other rarities.
Its height, for example, 1.80 meters, which makes it one of the highest in the paddock.
Or his character, a home boy, always away from the party, who spends his days at his house in Andorra with his girlfriend Alejandra, also a Mallorcan, and his three dogs.
With four races to go to the end of the season, whether or not he will win the World Cup is still unknown because his advantage over
Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Viñales
or
Andrea Dovizioso
is minimal, but what is clear is that it is the revelation of the championship .
Before starting, he was content to finish in the top 5.
Now he could be the first champion with a Suzuki since
Kenny Roberts Jr.
in 2000. Despite not having celebrated any victories this season, his five podiums have made him the most consistent of all and, therefore, the benchmark.
As demonstrated yesterday in Alcañiz.
A hell of a lot of anger at the finish line confirmed that he could have risked more, that he had a chance to win, but that he decided to keep a place on the podium because his tires were fooling.
"I'm disappointed because it was the day to win, but with four or five laps to go the tires fell and I lost my rhythm," he analyzed after not being able to catch up with his teammate,
Álex Rins
, and being overtaken by
Álex Márquez
.
In any case, now succeeding
Marc Márquez
on the track record
depends only on him.
Not bad for the child who at age 10, late to get on a motorcycle, got tired of skateboarding.
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