Mir’s rise and his next challenge
It was obvious from the first time he raced in the motorcycle grand prix world championship that Joan Mir was a special talent. He made his grand prix debut in the Moto3 class in 2015 at the Australian Grand Prix as replacement for the injured Hiroki Ono. He’d never seen Phillip Island before, but Mir ran inside the top six in his first race before crashing.
A year later, halfway through his first full Moto3 campaign with Leopard Racing, Mir claimed his maiden victory in Austria. And in 2017
