Santi Hernandez is not concerned that Honda rider Joan Mir has retired from 62.5% of races so far in 2026; This shows that he has the same “DNA” as Ducati’s Marc Marquez.
Mr He has had more retirements than any other rider in the first eight rounds of the 2026 MotoGP season, taking the checkered flag just three times. of Honda The ace also sits 18th on the Cavaliers, with just 15 points to his name due to DNFs.
Factory team-mate Luca Marini is the top Honda rider with 57 points in P11, including 11 for his best ever result in P5 in Hungary. LCR riders Diogo Moreira and Yohan Zarco (who missed the last two rounds through injury) are P16 with 36 points and P17 with 34.
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A problem with excessive rear Michelin tire wear forced Mir to retire when he ran P5 in Thailand. However, the 2020 MotoGP champion in Brazil, USA, France and Hungary was at fault, as Mir brought more accidents that marred his years with Honda.
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But the 28-year-old Hernandez, captain of Mir’s crew, has often failed because he refuses to accept mediocrity and is unconcerned about chasing the best results possible. Hernandez sees clear similarities between Mir’s ways and how Marquez He spent his entire career.
Hernandez said. Moto.it: “It’s in the rider’s DNA, he wants to win, he wants to achieve results, and he takes risks when he does it.
“It’s true that sometimes you say, ‘S – if we hadn’t taken that risk, we would have had a better result’. But he’s a driven guy, so I like that. He’s not the type to ease off the throttle and say, ‘The bike’s not ready’. I don’t take any risks.”
How many times have we seen Mark fall into danger because he wanted to do something better? This tells you that these riders have the DNA to do well. For me, that’s the positive thing I can say about Joan.
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Hernandez has seen Marquez’s approach first-hand as the Spaniard’s team principal at Honda. It often saw the Cervera native push the limit until he crashed during practice, before dialing it back to safety in the race. Mir, however, continued to push during the race.
“I’m one of those people here, I’m just not happy to be a part of it,” Mir said. The competitionIn April. “I love having the option to fight for something big. This is causing me a lot of breakdowns.”
Also to blame for the crashes in the Grand Prix so far this season; Mir a podium in the Catalan GP. The Spaniard came home after a fantastic ride after the second restart, only to lose his rostrum due to tire pressure in front of him.
The mishaps that have plagued Mir’s CV so far this season haven’t always been his fault. Mir was taken from Sprint in Barcelona When VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio mistakenly caught KTM’s Brad Binder, he dropped the South African’s bike into Mir’s path, taking them both out.
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