33 Facts About Joan Mir

Joan Mir is best known for winning the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Suzuki.

Joan Mir is the fourth Spanish rider to win the premier class title after Alex Criville, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez, and the second Mallorcan after Lorenzo.

Joan Mir won the 2017 Moto3 World Championship title with Leopard Racing.

Joan Mir became the first Suzuki rider to win the title since Kenny Roberts Jr.

Palma-born Joan Mir competed for two seasons in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing with three wins and six podiums as runner-up to Jorge Martin in 2014.

Joan Mir contested the CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2015.

Joan Mir won four of the first six races, but faded towards the end of the season, and ultimately finished fourth in the championship.

Joan Mir made his Grand Prix debut in 2015 with Leopard Racing at Phillip Island replacing the injured Hiroki Ono.

Joan Mir started 18th on the grid but failed to finish the race after an incident with John McPhee.

In 2016 Joan Mir competed full-time in the Moto3 World Championship with Leopard Racing, partnering Fabio Quartararo and Andrea Locatelli.

Joan Mir achieved his first Grand Prix pole position and victory in just his 11th start at the Austrian round.

Joan Mir achieved a further two podiums in San Marino and Valencia.

Joan Mir finished the championship in 5th position as rookie of the year, scoring 144 points.

Joan Mir remained for a second season in 2017 with Leopard Racing and dominated the class, taking 10 wins and 13 podiums from 18 races, only failing to score points at the Japanese round.

Joan Mir finished 93 points ahead of his nearest rival, Romano Fenati, to win the Moto3 championship.

In 2018, Joan Mir moved up to Moto2 with Marc VDS Racing Team, after signing a three-year deal with the team.

Joan Mir finished 3rd in France and Italy, and finished 2nd in Germany and Australia, ending the season with four podiums and 155 points, 6th place in the rider's championship, and winning rookie of the year.

Joan Mir became just the second rider to be promoted to MotoGP after a lone season in Moto2, after Maverick Vinales.

Joan Mir was replaced by Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli.

Joan Mir achieved a season-best finish of 5th place in Australia.

Joan Mir finished the season with 92 points, 12th in the overall standings, and as the second best rookie, behind former Moto3 Leopard Racing teammate Fabio Quartararo.

Joan Mir had a rough start to the season, crashing out of two of the first three rounds.

Inconsistent finishes from his title rivals such as 3-time race winner Quartararo and Maverick Vinales meant that after 10 of 14 rounds, Joan Mir led the championship standings despite not having won a race until that point.

At the European Grand Prix, staged at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, Joan Mir took his maiden win, beating his teammate Alex Rins, who finished in second place.

Joan Mir started the 2021 season with back to back top ten performances in Qatar.

The confrontation started when Joan Mir attempted an overtake in which he had to pick up his bike mid corner, nearly forcing Miller off the track.

Miller later collided with Joan Mir heading down the back straight, and after the race Joan Mir was highly critical of Miller and argued that the Australian's actions were intentional.

Two weeks later in Portimao Joan Mir started ninth and worked his way up to finish 3rd behind Fabio Quartararo and Bagnaia, earning Suzuki's first podium for the season.

Joan Mir achieved a 5th place at Jerez before a crash at Le Mans in wet conditions, and his second podium in 3rd place in Mugello.

At the grid returned to race for the double round in Spielberg, Austria, Joan Mir collected his fourth podium of the season with a 2nd-place finish behind rookie Ducati rider Jorge Martin, who took his maiden MotoGP victory.

Joan Mir finished 3rd in the rider's championship with 208 points, 44 points behind Francesco Bagnaia in second, and 70 points behind World Champion Fabio Quartararo.

Joan Mir missed a few rounds due to injuries sustained in Austria.

Joan Mir secured 4 consecutive top six finishes in the first four rounds but countless DNF's and injuries in Austria hampered his season, finishing 15th with only 87 points.