7 facts and figures of Joan Mir’s success as the 2020 MotoGP world champion

KOMPAS.com – Suzuki Ecstar racer, Joan Mir, successfully sealed the world title MotoGP 2020.

This assurance was obtained by Joan Mir after finishing the race MotoGP Valencia at the Ricardo Tomo Circuit, Sunday (11/15/2020) evening WIB.

In the 13th series race, Joan Mir could only finish in seventh place.

However, that achievement was enough for Joan Mir to ensure the 2020 MotoGP world title.

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Joan Mir currently leads the 2020 MotoGP riders’ standings with a collection of 171 points.

The Spanish racer is 29 points ahead of Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT), who rose to second place after winning the Valencia MotoGP.

This means that it is no longer possible to catch Joan Mir’s points because MotoGP 2020 only has one more race left.

Joan Mir’s success in embracing the MotoGP 2020 world title gave birth to the following 7 interesting facts.

1. Joan Mir is now ranked seventh in the list of youngest riders to win the world premier class title.

While participating in the Valencia MotoGP race and ensuring the world title, Joan Mir is still 23 years 75 days old.

That fact made Joan Mir beat Jorge Lorenzo, who was 23 years 159 days old when he won his first MotoGP world title in 2010.

Joan Mir is now in seventh place, right behind Valentino Rossi, who was 22 years and 240 days old when he became world champion in 2001.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) still holds the record for the youngest racer to win the MotoGP world title with a record of 20 years and 266 days.

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2. Joan Mir became the fourth Spanish racer to become the MotoGP world champion.

Joan Mir followed in the footsteps of Alex Criville (1 time) Jorge Lorenzo (3) and Marc Marquez (6).

3. Joan Mir created history as the first former Moto3 champion to win the MotoGP world title.

For information, Moto3 was first held in 2012 to replace the 125 cc championship.

Joan Mir succeeded in becoming the Moto3 world champion in 2017 or in his last season before moving up to Moto2 class.

4. Joan Mir has never won a pole position this season.

That fact made Joan Mir follow in the footsteps of Wayne Rainey who became the premier class world champion without even becoming a pole sitter throughout the 1992 season.

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5. Joan Mir confirmed the 2020 MotoGP world title despite being the winner of the race only once.

The only 2020 MotoGP race that Joan Mir can beat so far is the European MotoGP last weekend.

If you fail to win the Portuguese MotoGP next week, Joan Mir will create history.

Joan Mir will become the winner of the premier class world title with the fewest wins in history.

The record is currently held by four former riders, namely Leslie Graham (1949), Umberto Masetti (1950, 1952) and Nicky Hayden (2006).

The four former riders, when they became world champions, only collected two wins in one season.

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6. Joan Mir this season has been on the podium seven times from the 13 series that have been held.

That figure makes Joan Mir the most consistent racer out of all MotoGP participants this season.

This is the first time a Suzuki rider has managed seven or more podium finishes in one season after Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000.

Kenny Roberts Jr. when he became the 500CC world champion in the 2000 season recorded nine podium finishes.

7. Joan Mir ends Suzuki’s 20-year wait for the premier class world title.

Before Joan Mir, the last racer who succeeded in presenting Suzuki’s premier class world title was Kenny Roberts Jr.

That moment occurred 20 years ago when Kenny Roberts Jr. beat Valentino Rossi in the race for the 500cc world title in the 2000 season.

That means, Joan Mir became the first Suzuki racer to successfully present the world title in the MotoGP era.

Overall, Joan Mir is the 10th racer in Suzuki history to win the world title in Grand Prix motor racing.

The other nine names are, Kenny Roberts Jr. (500cc, 2000), Kevin Schwantz (500cc: 1993), Franco Uncini (500cc: 1982), Marco Lucchinelli (500cc: 1981), Barry Sheene (500cc: 1976, 1977), Dieter Braun (125cc: 1970), Hans- Georg Anscheidt (50cc: 1966, 1967, 1968), Hugh Anderson (125cc: 1963, 1965; 50cc: 1963, 1964) and Ernst Degner (50cc: 1962).

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