The 2020 world champion endured a horrid first yr on the Honda in 2023, ending with simply 26 factors in a marketing campaign tormented by damage, and admitted at one stage that he did take into consideration quitting.
Mir’s greatest end result got here in India, the place he was fifth throughout one among Honda’s best rounds of the season.
With Marc Marquez transferring to Gresini Ducati subsequent yr, Mir turns into the de facto crew chief at Honda and believes “we are able to do a superb job” if the corporate “listens to me” by way of growth suggestions.
“It is true that on the finish of the season, greater than feeling motivation for subsequent yr, the factor that I would like extra is to complete and fall asleep after a season as this one,” he mentioned when requested by Motorsport.com if he felt extra motivated for 2024 now he’s crew chief at Honda.
“However I believe inside me we now have one stunning likelihood subsequent season with the ability to resolve a bit extra [the direction of development], as a result of the brand new rider, they [Luca Marini]… as me final yr, I used to be not capable of make any comparability between this yr’s bike and final yr’s bike.
“They would be the similar, they are going to strive subsequent yr’s bike.
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Joan Mir, Repsol Honda Crew
“So, now I’ll have the chance to provide extra of an opinion, to know the areas that I believe are the proper path, in what areas it isn’t.
“And in the event that they hearken to me I believe that we are able to do a superb job.”
Former VR46 Ducati rider Marini was introduced by Honda as Marquez’s substitute on the Monday following the Valencia Grand Prix, with the Italian penning a two-year deal.
Each he and Mir rode the newest 2024 prototype in the course of the post-season Valencia take a look at, with the latter noting it was the primary time Honda had introduced something that had truly labored since he joined the marque.
A report in El Periodico final week revealed that Honda had been capable of shave eight kilograms off the burden of its RC213V, which has helped, amongst different updates, enhance the general dealing with of the bike.
