‘There was no point in continuing’ Joan Mir with no feeling in his feet

In one of the news on Saturday in Aragon, at 1pm, via the Suzuki Extale team’s WhatsApp group, world champion Joan Mir announced that he would be stepping down from Suzuki after the morning’s FP3 due to a painful injury to his right ankle. when it was announced. A ferocious highside drag on his first lap of the Red Bull Ring race. His loss not only means he will miss the rest of the Aragon GP, ​​but he will also miss next week’s Japanese Grand Prix.

At a press conference, Mir explained why he got off his bike: “I rode a 600cc kart on the train on Tuesday. I felt a little pain when I stepped on it, my legs vibrated a little, I could feel the rear brake hurt a little bit, but I said: ‘I’ll be fine until Friday. ”

“Yesterday, though, I realized that I wasn’t riding very well. The rear brake didn’t work. I didn’t really know where my feet were on turns and right corners. A little stability and sensitivity, those two things make driving easier.” is becoming very difficult,” Mill explained.

Mallorcans know“I haven’t taken any risks this year. If I had to go to the track to score points, I would, but I don’t think it makes much sense now. The most important thing is to come back.” We will try to reach 100% and finish the season at the top of the level,” summed up Mallorcan in front of the media he met at MotorLand Aragón.

His team fitted him with dual rear foot brake levers and asked him if he thought he might try it given his injury so other riders use rear thumb brakes.

“I want to do something to prepare this for the next race. If I come back from here in a couple of weeks, the only problem will be that. Now there are other problems. The bones are still integrated. is not complete and you can imagine the risks.

2022 is a scary year for MotoGP. “May everything that has to happen to us happen to us this year. I also want to thank the team, because “they have done everything possible from yesterday to today to get him out and more or less able to drive. I saw them on and I could only do a couple of laps, but the pace was surprisingly good, but I had to be more precise and make faster laps, and I I can’t do that.