Final week, Honda introduced that it had reached an amicable settlement with eight-time world champion Marquez to part ways at the end of the 2023 season with a 12 months left on his contract.
On Thursday morning, Gresini Ducati announced that it had signed Marquez for 2024.
Mir, who joined Honda this 12 months from Suzuki, says he was “not shocked” that Marquez elected to go away HRC however doesn’t believes it can have a major influence on the workforce subsequent 12 months.
“The stress is all the time there,” he stated on Thursday on the Indonesian GP.
“In a workforce like this one, they all the time need to win. Nothing however a win is sweet. I share the identical pondering as them, so that is good.
“However I’m in a unique state of affairs than Marc, as a result of he most likely confirmed all the things on this workforce.
“So, I used to be not shocked that he’s leaving as a result of the state of affairs could be very tough. However in my opinion, I felt that if I used to be leaving I used to be failing on this mission and I simply don’t need to go away like this.
“I nonetheless consider we will do one thing nice collectively. No one anticipated that after we got here to Suzuki within the second 12 months we’d win the championship, and high three the 12 months after with the outcomes we confirmed.
“Now that Marc won’t be right here, I don’t suppose it can change a lot. However one thing will change, so I hope it will likely be Positive.”
Joan Mir, Repsol Honda Workforce
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Mir additionally sees no change in his standing inside Honda shifting ahead as its de facto workforce chief, noting that the bike this 12 months has not particularly been developed round Marquez.
“Effectively, actually, for the half – or a bit extra – of 12 months we made, I may see the event of the bike was not for one rider,” he added.
“I may see all the things what I wanted. If I requested for one bike that Marc didn’t like, I all the time had it. If I wished a unique factor that Marc doesn’t like, I used to be capable of have it.
“It means I by no means felt like a second rider. I feel this doesn’t exist now within the official groups. Within the non-public groups, I don’t know.
“However in official ones, no. It won’t change an excessive amount of. One thing will change, as a result of perhaps now when it comes to subsequent 12 months I would be the one who will resolve what bike we must always take.
“So, that for me I feel is Positive, as a result of I don’t need to struggle with one other one about it.
“If it’s good, it’s good. If it’s not, it’s not. That’s a Positive level I can see.
“With Marc all this 12 months, I may see that the feedback have been all the time the identical. So, the event was all the time in a single path.”
Extra reporting by Motorsport.com Indonesia