Joan Mir


Joan Mir Mayrata is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Mir has also been a competitor in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the CEV Moto3 Championship. He won the 2017 Moto3 World Championship with Leopard Racing.

Career

Early career

Prior to moving up to the Moto3 world championship, Palma-born Mir competed for two seasons in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing as runner-up to Jorge Martín in 2014. Mir contested the CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2015. Mir won four of the first six races, but faded towards the end of the season, and ultimately finished fourth in the championship.

Moto3 World Championship

Mir made his Grand Prix début in 2015 with Leopard Racing at Phillip Island replacing the injured Hiroki Ono. Mir started 18th on the grid but failed to finish the race after an incident with John McPhee.
In 2016 Mir competed full-time in the Moto3 World Championship with Leopard Racing, partnering Fabio Quartararo and Andrea Locatelli. He finished the championship in 5th position as rookie of the year, scoring 144 points.
He remained for a second season in 2017 and completely dominated the class, taking 10 wins and finishing 93 points ahead of his nearest rival. Critics compared his racecraft to legends such as Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez.

Moto2 World Championship

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

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
2015Moto3HondaQATAMEARGSPAFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUS
Ret		MALVALNC0
2016Moto3KTMQAT
12		ARG
5		AME
Ret		SPA
6		FRA
25		ITA
7		CAT
8		NED
8		GER
Ret		AUT
1		CZE
8		GBR
9		RSM
3		ARA
5		JPN
9		AUS
Ret		MAL
Ret		VAL
2		5th144
2017Moto3HondaQAT
1		ARG
1		AME
8		SPA
3		FRA
1		ITA
7		CAT
1		NED
9		GER
1		CZE
1		AUT
1		GBR
5		RSM
2		ARA
1		JPN
17		AUS
1		MAL
1		VAL
2		1st341
2018Moto2KalexQAT
11		ARG
7		AME
4		SPA
11		FRA
3		ITA
3		CAT
Ret		NED
5		GER
2		CZE
Ret		AUT
8		GBR
C		RSM
5		ARA
6		THA
Ret		JPN
11		AUS
2		MAL
10		VAL
Ret		6th155
2019MotoGPSuzukiQAT
8		ARG
Ret		AME
17		SPA
Ret		FRA
16		ITA
12		CAT
6		NED
8		GER
7		CZE
Ret		AUT
GBR
RSM
8		ARA
14		THA
7		JPN
8		AUS
5		MAL
10		VAL
7		12th92
MotoGPSuzukiSPA
Ret		ANC
5		CZE
AUT
STY
RSM
EMR
CAT
FRA
ARA
TER
EUR
VAL
11th*11*

* Season still in progress.