Joan Mir losing “1-1.5sec on straights”, “I just want to fight” | New engine for Austria

Joan Miಌr: 🐲'If you have a lot of straights, easy it’s 1-1.5sec. But we know the limitation at the moment and just have to stay on the bike.'

Joan Mir, 2024 British MotoGP
Joan Mir, 2024 British MotoGP

With much-needed upgrades, including a new engine configuration, due to arrive for the next round in Austria, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Joan Mir’s top priority was just to bring his Honda back to the garage without incident in Saturday’s British MotoGP Sprint.

The 2020 world champion estimates he is losing as much as 1-1𝔉.5s per lap due to a lack of engine performance on the long Silverstone straights.

However, Mir has chosen to join team-mate Luca Marini is persisting with an underpowered engine spec, introduced ear𒅌lier this season, since it is seen as a first step in the right direction.

After crossing the finishing line in 16th place, at ꦉthe back of a three-rider Honda tไrain led by LCR’s Johann Zarco and Marini, Mir said:

“A very difficult race, not really having the opportunity to be close to [non-Honda riders]. So I decided to🐽 stay with the Hondas. I don't think we should do anything crazy and brin🀅ging the bike to the box is probably the cleverest thing to do in these conditions.”

He added: “We always make video comparisons and in every straight we lose a lot of time. Tw෴o tenths, three tenths ♑in every part of the straight where normally the riders don't do anything.

“So if you have a lot of straights like this track, easy it’s 1-1.5sec. But we know the limitations that we have at the moment and we just have to stay on the bike👍.”

“Two races ago we changed the engine configuration that will be the [direction] the Japanese guys will take to improve the bike [in future]. For me, it was one step back to ♊make two [forward] in the future. So that is why we have lost a bit of personal performance let's say."

Mir explained: 🃏“We removed [the underpowered new engine after Barcelona] because I didn't like it and we put it back from Sachsenring [to gather da𝓡ta].

“So our situation is not gett🔯ing better this weekend but after tomorrow we will get new stuff, new upgrades🐲.

“That will be also helpful for the mindset and everything. Not just com🐟ing here on Thursday and knowing that꧙ you don't have the opportunity to be close to any [other] bikes.”

Those upgra🌞des will include another new engine configuration.

“In Spielberg, we will have a different configuration in terms of th🎶e engine,” Mir confirmed. “That will be helpful.

“I just💙 want ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚto fight with the group [ahead], but now we don't have the option.”

Meanwhile, asked why new team-mate Marini seemed more satisfied wi𝓡th Saturday’s result, Mir smiled:

“We are both 18 seconds behind! I'm happy that he's happy! But I'm not! That'⛦s the reality!”

Told that t🎀he retro Honda livery to be used in Sunday’s race had been instantly competitive on its debut back in💫 1982, Mir joked:

“The situation in this colour [tomorrow] will be 𒊎different! But if we are able to get one tenth just from the history, it will be very welcomeꦇ.”

Meanwhile, LCR team-mates Zarco and Takaaki Nakagamiꦯ said they are currently using a different engine spec to the Repsol ride🐻rs but should also get the new engine for the next round.

"I don't know how much improvement🅠 I can have from this [new engine in Austria] but yesterday I really got very clear comments and I'm hoping we ꦡwill have improvements," said Zarco.

However the Frenchman cautioned that the engine alone will not catapult the R♒C213V from the back of the grid, and is hoping for a package of upgrades.

"If [the current 🧸problems can be fixed] just from the engine that would be super posi𒐪tive. But I don't think so. My feeling is that something else is not working as it should," he said.

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