Joan Mir and the reliability of the champion: another podium and another step towards the title

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Anyone who wants to may think it was a curse, but psychology is able to explain why muscles were stiff, why reflexes atrophied, why errors accumulated.

Marc Márquez absent due to injury, up to three riders could be king and all three ended up desperate.

,

and

all experienced their sinking until a rider with broad shoulders appeared in Alcañiz, with a clear mind, with a stable pulse.

If he does not fall in the last three races, Joan Mir, only 23 years old, almost a MotoGP rookie, will be champion of a World Championship in which it was impossible to trust anyone, only him.

Perhaps because of his youth, perhaps because of his tranquility, the Suzuki rider this Sunday accumulated his sixth podium in the last eight races and extended his lead to 14 points over Quartararo, 19 points over Viñales and 28 points over Dovizioso, who already nor is it fourth in the rankings.

He was overtaken by

, who won a race without history, with the Italian leading from the first corner and

, second, in an eternal pursuit.

The real action was always behind, with an impeccable Mir, climbing from the fourth row of the grid and stopping

until he fell.

At no time this season has Mir made the mistakes that Dovizioso, Viñales or Quartararo made and if he is finally champion his success will be explained like this.

Unlike Dovizioso, Mir has managed to maintain a great relationship with his team and especially with his motorcycle, a Suzuki that seems made to measure.

Unlike Viñales, Mir has never doubted his own possibilities or focused on external factors: the track, the tires and even the order of the races.

And unlike Quartararo, Mir was not confident when, last week, the math turned in his favor and the title became a possibility.

"Today's podium tastes like a victory for me. Honestly, I couldn't do more. The riders in front of me, Morbidelli and Rins, took advantage at the beginning and I couldn't come back. It's not that I thought about the championship, it's just that I've done everything I can. I'm really happy because starting from twelfth position was not easy, "commented Mir, who had some help for his perfect day.

It is true that Morbidelli and Rins escaped from the beginning, but between Mir and his pursuers in the championship, Quartararo, Viñales and Dovizioso, several drivers were interspersed at all times who in the general classification could end up being decisive.

The World Cup leader

and

and none of them was surpassed by the other aspiring champions - in fact, quite the opposite - so Viñales had to settle for being seventh and Quartararo, eighth.

The story of Andrea Dovizioso, the runner-up in the last three seasons, deserves a separate chapter because, on the brink of retirement after his break with Ducati, he finished thirteenth behind his teammate

or Marc Márquez's replacement,

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