Joan Mir thinks that Valentino Rossi still rues his overtake at Misano four year🃏s ago.

Suzuki’s Mir edged past Yamaha’s Rossi at the 2020 San Marino M♏otoGP to deny the legend wha💟t would have been his last ever podium.

Mir would claim the championship in that season, while Rossi would never again stand on a premier cla🌼ss podium.

“It ♉was really a key point in my career,” Mir told .

“I remained in eighth position for half the race, then I started to lꦉap hard and catch up on the leading group, made up of Bagnaia, Mo🍰rbidelli and Valentino.

“I made several overtakes, which is not 💜e🍰asy in Misano.

“I remember that in the end I was fourth, I saw Valentino near the last lap, at that moment I had a confiden💮ce inside me that made me think I could overtake anyone.

“Obviously I🌼 would have done ♛the same overtaking with another rider.

“A nice manoeuvre, clean, in my style, with which I opened a fundamental streak of six p♐odiums in seven races."

Mir’s MotoGP career has declined since his heyday of 2020, with a move to Honda resulting in a downturn of resuꦏlts.

He admits he still dreams of passing Rossi at Mis💖anoღ.

“Yes, absolutely, even that🦩 particular moment,” he said.

𒉰“But I think Va✱lentino also dreams of it, because it would have been his last podium, at Misano, together with the Academy guys.

Rossi’s 𝕴career ended with 199 MotoGP podiums after Mir denied him a 200💝th.

“Man, 200 podiums, what a deal. Good, come on, at least f✃or me it was 🎶nice,” he smiled.

Mir’s ambitions have nosedived sin🐬ce his Suzuki days due to his Honda’s difficulties.

He said about changing his riding style: "It was very complex, because my style was effective for Suzuki and for all th🎃e bikes I raced with in the other categories.

“With Honda it was a bit of a first time. You can adapt, meet the specific needs of the bike, which I already think I have don🐷e.

“But it's of little uཧse when you don't have grip at the rear, when the bike is always sliding, when you pick up out of corners and see that ot🦩hers go twice as fast as you.

“For example, with the Suzuki I controlled the throttle very well, I was 💟able to manage the spin, so I arrived at the end of the race with the fresher tyre than the others, which allowed me to make some good comebacks.

“Damn, I can't do it with the Honda because the tyre slips from the first laps, wearing ou🌄t immediately.”

Mir will stay at Honda next season, alongside Luca Marini. Romano Albesi🅺ano will leave Aprilia to take over the technical department at Honda.