Last week, Honda announced that it had reached an amicable agreement with eight-time world champion Marquez to part ways at the end of the 2023 season with a year left on his contract.
On Thursday morning, Gresini Ducati announced that it had signed Marquez for 2024.
Mir, who joined Honda this year from Suzuki, says he was “not surprised” that Marquez elected to leave HRC but doesn’t believes it will have a significant impact on the team next year.
“The pressure is always there,” he said on Thursday at the Indonesian GP.
“In a team like this one, they always want to win. Nothing but a win is good. I share the same thinking as them, so this is good.
“But I’m in a different situation than Marc, because he probably showed everything in this team.
“So, I was not surprised that he is leaving because the situation is very difficult. But for my part, I felt that if I was leaving I was failing in this project and I just don’t want to leave like this.
“I still believe we can do something great together. Nobody expected that when we came to Suzuki in the second year we would win the championship, and top three the year after with the results we showed.
“Now that Marc will not be here, I don’t think it will change so much. But something will change, so I hope it will be positive.”
Source: Autosport