Behind the Dream: Joan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ย. 2023
- Episode Four, Season Two of ‘Behind the Dream’ follows Joan Mir through his turbulent start to life as a Repsol Honda Team rider and looks back to how his love of competition and battling took him from skateboards and vert ramps to motorcycles and World Championships.
There are almost two versions of Joan Mir, the is the MotoGP racer who roars down a straight in excess of 350km/h, grabbing the brakes as late as he dares and there is the private, introspective, Joan Mir who enjoys the sea and memories of home. “I’m not very complicated to say the least. I would describe myself as a person quote introverted, passionate about his work, a very familiar person. I love the sea, everything that involves diving, snorkelling, fishing, sailing. It reminds me a lot of the island,” opens the 26-year-old double World Champion from Palma de Mallorca.
When he is away from the track, Mir prefers to disconnect, “I like to spend time with my family thinking about other things that are not motorcycles. If I think about motorcycles, I’m thinking about motorcycles 100% and if I don’t think about motorcycles, I don’t even want people to talk to me about motorcycles.”
Joan Mir is the 19th rider to compete for the Repsol Honda Team in their almost 30-year history. The red, white and orange colours have become synonymous with great champions and success since the mid-90s, but the most successful team in Grand Prix racing has hit a rough patch recently. Mir, the 2020 MotoGP World Champion, knew the challenge he faced when arrived “As a rider, to wear these colours is unbelievable,” he said just before the Sepang test at the start of the season. “If you think about the history behind these colours, it’s crazy and it means winning. It’s always a pleasure and a pressure. I can imagine that the first races will always be tough. But I know what I am capable of.”
Unlike many MotoGP riders, Mir was not born immediately onto minibikes, instead much of his early life was spent on a skate ramp. “My father has always liked them [motorcycles]. He has a skate shop. When I was a kid, everyone was asking me for T-shirts, for stickers, for everything! And I remember that I had a ramp at home, so this was a dream for all my friends. The passion comes from within, I was the one who asked for a motorcycle when I was little.”
It was a passion shared by his father, a man who knew exactly what being a professional rider would entail. “You don’t risk your life to be cool, you risk your life because you want to be a rider,” he mused in his skate shop in Mallorca. “I didn’t want that this was a game, I wanted this to be his profession, I was very serious.”
The going has been tough for Mir with crashes and a mid-season injury complicating his adaption to the Repsol Honda Team RC213V. “I come to a team with an incredible history in a difficult time. It’s such a complicated moment in my career, I have not had it in my life,” reflected the #36 after half a year aboard the Honda. But the support from his father persists unabated, “I am convinced that he will overcome it, of course! We have overcome other things. I think whatever it is, it’s going to go well because he is a great fighter.”
Mir’s fighting spirit has brought out flashes of his true pace and potential, battling with his teammate in races and showing the speed to fight for the podium in Japan and India. A journey across a rough sea can be long and difficult, but for the rider from Mallorca, the sea can bring fonds memories. - กีฬา
Very well done! Hope Honda and Joan will bounce back in 2024 🙏
love him or hate him, big respect for mir its been a tough season for him but i know that one day he’ll be at the top with honda
Huge respect for HRC & both champions Marc & Joan. Hope the best in the future for all parties.
please mir...bring honda comeback in 2024 season....Good luck !!! ..much love from Indonesia Satu Hati
Let’s go Joan!! I hope 2024 sees lots of success and joy for you! 🏍️💪🏆
Forza Joan ! Forza Honda
Let’s hope for the better and bright future for Honda and Joan mir 👌✌️✌️
If there's one guy I want to see at the top with Honda after Marc, I want it to be with Joan.
Joan Mir 👏👏
That was something that I didn't expect! He came from skate background and his father owns the skate shop of Majorca 🎉. Thats totally crazy!!
Fight for your dream and Honda, although it's tough time for you, do it !!👀Mir is composed boy, I think.
Wish to see him winning for another title again . A very humble down to earth man. God bless 🙌
He has my respect now!
Always honda and joan🧡
This is what i was waiting for!
Genuine and humble guy. Head up brother. U got what it takes.
Didnt know he skated and that his father owns a skate shop ! Thats super sick ❤
JM36 the best💯
El día que Honda le de una moto a Joan será de nuevo campeón!!
Un super pilote ! Il va gagner !!
Very nice
#36 ❤ Dream. HONDA
❤#36
Great video 👍🏻
Another beautiful episode!
Nice video ✌️
I really don't understand how such big factory can not produce a bike who the riders don't crash.
Every rider have want in the past ride with HCR,but now i think the most is scared,even MM leave Honda think about,if he can't ride this bike no one can ride this bike.So i hope Honda produce for 2024 finally a bike who everyone can ride at least ,because 50 crashes in one saison says a lot.
Keep fighting man! 🎯
He won't give up and nor will we!
👍😎☕🍩🏍️🏍️
Team is good but now they need to work on latest technology
He can do with suzuki so he will do with honda too
Behind the nightmare more like.
How can he win if the bike was in a "Marquez" template?