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Joan Mir

Date of birth: 01/09/1997
Birthplace: Palma – Islas Baleares – Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Hobbies: Motocross, animals, snow, sea.

Honours

First Grand Prix: 2015 GP Australia (Moto3)
First Podium: 2016 GP Austria (Moto3)
First Victorya: 2016 GP Austria (Moto3)
World Championships: 2 (Moto3 in 2017 and MotoGP in 2020)

Sporting career

2015 4th Moto3 FIM CEV Repsol
2016 5th Moto3 World Championship
2017 Moto3 World Champion
2018 6th Moto2 World Championship
2019 12th MotoGP World Championship
2020 MotoGP World Champion
2021 3th MotoGP World Championship
2022 15th MotoGP World Championship
2023 22nd MotoGP World Championship

Biography

Joan Mir was born in Palma de Mallorca on September 1st, 1997. His passion for motorcycles began at a very young age. At six years old he got his first motorcycle, and a year later he was given a Honda QR.

In 2009, at the age of twelve, he entered the Balearic Federation motorcycle school, where he took part in his first races in the minimoto and minimotard categories, as well as in the Bankia Cup. That same year, Mir participated in the Campeonato de España de Velocidad (CEV) in 125cc, where he shone by finishing third overall. He became part of Chicho Competición, the riding school run by the father of Jorge Lorenzo, also a champion from Majorca. Two years later, he joined the Balearic Federation school.

From 2011, he began to win his first titles, starting with the XL160 class at the age of 14 and the 125cc PreGP Cup at 15. His talent led him to be selected to participate in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013, where he achieved ninth place. In the following edition, Mir earned three victories, finishing runner-up in the series.

His talent did not go unnoticed and in 2015 he participated in the FIM CEV Repsol championship. That same season, he would replace the injured Hiroki Ono at the Australian GP in the Moto3 World Championship, a first step towards his first full Grand Prix season the following year.

In his first full season in 2016, Mir won the ‘Rookie of the Year’ award for placing fifth in the overall standings. A special moment for the rider was the Austrian GP, at the Red Bull Ring, where he took pole position and achieved his first Grand Prix victory.

After a first season of adaptation, and still just 20 years old, Joan Mir entered motorcycle racing history in 2017 by being proclaimed Moto3 World Champion, with ten victories and three podiums to his name. In 2018, Mir made the move up to Moto2, where he would achieve 4 podiums that would put him sixth overall and give him his big chance to progress to MotoGP.

The first season was low-key, with a fifth-place finish at Phillip Island in Australia his best result. The 2020 season was, without a doubt, the best of his career to date: He was crowned MotoGP World Champion and the rider with the fewest years needed to win the title, his 4 years surpassing Marc Márquez with 5. Consistency would take him to the summit of the class, with 6 podiums in total and a first victory of the season coming at the European GP, at Cheste.

In 2021, Mir earned another 6 podiums and finished in third place overall. After a difficult 2022 for the Spaniard, he now joins the Repsol Honda Team in 2023, alongside teammate Marc Márquez. In a year of adaptation to the RC213V, Mir has lived a year full of ups and downs, with injuries, but with evolution. For 2024 the Balearic rider is ready to continue adding experience and challenges to get back to the top.