After Suzuki elected to give up MotoGP on the finish of the 2022 season, Mir sought refuge at Honda for this yr, signing a two-year deal to race for the manufacturing facility squad.
However the yr has been depressing for the 2020 world champion, who has scored simply 24 factors from 17 rounds, attaining a better of fifth on the Indian GP, whereas damage compelled him to overlook the Argentina, Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch GPs.
Mir has spoken at occasions this yr about ideas of retiring, however admitted he would “remorse” strolling away from Honda proper now.
Forward of final weekend’s Thailand Grand Prix – wherein Mir would end twelfth – he says he was starting to seek out small positives from spherical to spherical however nonetheless is not having fun with himself.
“I nonetheless haven’t got a very good time within the races, however I’ve made progress within the psychological problem of taking it another way, making an attempt to benefit from the little issues, the few good moments on the bike, like a very good end in a follow session or a very good feeling in a race,” he mentioned.
“As an alternative of seeing the whole lot detrimental, I see extra optimistic issues, and that permits me to have slightly higher temper and helps me to undergo the season.
“Proper now you need to be affected person, you need to take the present second in one of the simplest ways and I am pleased with how I am doing, as a result of it isn’t simple in any respect.
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Joan Mir, Repsol Honda Workforce
“However now we have to attend and see what they bring about to Valencia and, within the meantime, attempt in among the remaining races to do like in India and be near the rostrum, attempt to search for a very good end result. Proper now I am simply interested by that.”
He added: “I am clear that this isn’t going to be fastened in a single day, however I additionally know very effectively what, irrespective of how effectively I am managing it, one other yr like this I do not need to do, I am unable to afford it.
“Now we have to get it proper as a lot as doable in order that these folks perceive and convey one thing that can enable me to have a extra snug season.”
Mir will change into de facto chief at Honda in 2024 with Marc Marquez departing for Gresini Ducati and thinks the marque ought to “pay extra consideration to me than they did” by way of suggestions.
“I have never observed it but, within the groups, and extra so within the manufacturing facility groups, one rider from the opposite could be very unbiased,” Mir mentioned of taking up as staff chief in Honda.
“It is like one other staff, I do not discover a lot what occurs on the opposite aspect of the field, solely what occurs in my a part of the staff and the suggestions with the Japanese.
“It’s clear that they know who’s staying and that they need to pay extra consideration to me than they did.”
