The long sought-after MotoGP™ victory may still evade Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Joan Mir, but a sixth podium in eight races has seen the premier class sophomore soar to 14 points ahead of the field with just three races to go in 2020. Consistency in 2020 is going to win you the Championship and right now, Mir is Mr Consistency. In a weird but wonderful 2020 season, Mir’s consistency has seen him roar into the final three battles as the title favourite. “Yeah it was a tough race, never easy to start from P12. “Before the race, on the first laps, I wasn’t thinking at all about the Championship,” admitted Mir, but after struggling in the final exchanges with his front tyre, the GSX-RR rider settled for a podium.

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