Will Suzuki win the championship for the first time in 20 years?
Surprise MotoGP Championship Leader Joan Mir says “it’s not our plan to win the title” as a “really crazy year” is coming to an end.
The 23-year-old Mir has not won a race for the whole season, but with four races remaining she has a lead of six points at the top of the overall standings.
“There are a lot of drivers who have more pressure than I do to win the title,” says Mir.
“When I signed with Suzuki, I had to fight for the title – but not in my second year.”
With the dominant six-time champion Marc Marquez is absent most of the season With a broken arm, the 2020 season was the most open and unpredictable in years.
Eight different drivers have achieved one victory in the ten races so far, with Mir’s Suzuki team-mate Alex Rins winning in Aragon Last weekend. The field is back on the same track this weekend. The season ends on November 22nd in Portugal after two races in Valencia.
| 1 Joan Mir (Spa) 121 points | 2 Fabio Quartararo (Fra) 115 |
| 3 Maverick Vinales (Spa) 109 | 4 Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) 106 |
I was second three times and leads Fabio Quartararo’s overall standings as he wants to be the first Suzuki rider to win the championship since then Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000.
“I was only three years old – I didn’t know what Suzuki was,” says Mir. “Now it’s a different story.
“It’s been a really crazy year. We didn’t have time to think about anything.
“We thought we might be challenging in the fourth, fifth or even higher year when the bike is ready.
“Now it looks like the bike is ready, the rider is ready earlier than we expected. It’s going well.”