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KOMPAS.com – Suzuki Ecstar rider Joan Mir successfully sealed the 2020 MotoGP world title.
This guarantee was obtained by Joan Mir after completing the Valencia MotoGP race at the Ricardo Tomo Circuit, on Sunday afternoon (11/15/2020) WIB.
In the thirteenth race of the series, Joan Mir was only able to finish in seventh place.
However, that achievement was enough for Joan Mir to secure the 2020 MotoGP world title.
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Joan Mir currently leads the 2020 MotoGP rider standings with a collection of 171 points.
The Spanish rider 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 add Joan Mir’s points because MotoGP 2020 only has one more race left.
Joan Mir’s success in winning the 2020 MotoGP world title gave rise to the following 7 interesting facts.
1. Joan Mir is now seventh on the list of the youngest riders to win the premier class world title.
While participating in the Valencia MotoGP race and securing the world title, Joan Mir is still 23 years and 75 days old.
That fact caused Joan Mir to beat Jorge Lorenzo, who was 23 years old for 159 days when he won his first MotoGP world title in 2010.
Joan Mir is now in seventh place, just behind Valentino Rossi, who was 22 years and 240 days old when he was proclaimed world champion in 2001.
Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) still holds the record for the youngest rider to win the MotoGP world title with a record of 20 years and 266 days.
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2. Joan Mir becomes the fourth Spanish rider to become MotoGP world champion.
Joan Mir followed in the footsteps of Alex Criville (1 time) Jorge Lorenzo (3) and Marc Márquez (6).
3. Joan Mir made history as the first former Moto3 champion to win the MotoGP world title.
For information, Moto3 was first held in 2012 to replace the 125cc championship.
Joan Mir managed to become Moto3 world champion in 2017 or in his final season before moving up to the Moto2 category.
4. Joan Mir has never achieved a pole position this season.
This fact caused Joan Mir to follow in the footsteps of Wayne Rainey, who became the premier class world champion without even becoming a pole sitter during the 1992 season.
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5. Joan Mir confirmed the 2020 MotoGP world title even though he had only won the race once.
The only 2020 MotoGP race that Joan Mir can overcome so far is the European MotoGP race last weekend.
If he fails to win the Portuguese MotoGP next week, Joan Mir will make history.
Joan Mir will become the winner of the premier class world title with the fewest victories in history.
The record is currently held by four former cyclists: Leslie Graham (1949), Umberto Masetti (1950, 1952) and Nicky Hayden (2006).
The four former riders when they became world champions only had two wins in one season.
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6. Joan Mir this season has been on the podium seven times out of the 13 series that have been played.
That figure makes Joan Mir the most consistent rider of all MotoGP participants this season.
This is the first time a Suzuki rider has achieved seven or more podiums in a season after Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000.
Kenny Roberts Jr. when he became the 500CC world champion in the 2000 season recorded nine podiums.
7. Joan Mir ends Suzuki’s 20-year wait for the premier class world title.
Before Joan Mir, the last rider to present the premier class world title for Suzuki 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 rider to successfully present the world title in the MotoGP era.
Overall, Joan Mir became the 10th rider in Suzuki’s history to win the world title in Grand Prix 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).
