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Joan Mir is not burdened even though he is a strong candidate to win the MotoGP 2020 world title. He assesses whether or not this season is still extraordinary for him.
Mir won his first victory in MotoGP 2020 after becoming the fastest in the European MotoGP series at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia, Sunday (8/11/2020) evening WIB. This victory made the Suzuki Ecstar even stronger at the top of the standings.
He collected 162 points, 37 points ahead of the second and third ranks, namely the Petronas Yamaha SRT racer, Fabio Quartararo and his teammate, Alex Rins, who both collected 125 points. With two series remaining, Mir is one step away from winning the 2020 MotoGP world title.
This situation is like a double-edged knife for this 23-year-old man. In addition to creating self-confidence, pressure also accompanies Mir to be the best.
Mir admitted that he was ready to face this pressure and focused on the last two series. He also tries not to be overwhelmed by this. The 2017 Moto3 champion insists that the world championship or not this season is still extraordinary for him.
“I think we’ve shown that pressure is not a big problem for us,” Mir was quoted as saying Crash.
“For sure we have pressure. We play with our lives and we have to really focus on what we are doing.
“It’s our job. Luckily, I’m not really under pressure. This pressure has a good impact on me.”
“Because this year, if I win (the title), it will be very good for me. However, if I don’t win, it will also be a good year,” he explained.
Mir does present a fairy tale story this season. At the start of this season, obviously no one thought he would be a strong candidate to win the 2020 MotoGP world title.
Given, he failed to finish twice in the three series earlier this season in MotoGP Spain and the Czech Republic. All doubts for Mir then turned into admiration in the following series.
Consistency was the key to Mir racing to the top of the riders’ standings even though he had just won the first podium in MotoGP Europe (race 12). After the Czech Republic MotoGP, he only failed to get on the podium twice, namely the Styrian MotoGP (4th place) and the French MotoGP (11th place).
We’ll just wait, will Mir be able to maintain consistency in the last two series? At the same time, closing this season’s extraordinary work with a title.
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