{"id":453988,"date":"2026-02-02T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453988\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:29:07","slug":"joan-mir-on-2027-motogp-plans-i-dont-know-what-i-want-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453988\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Mir on 2027 MotoGP plans: \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Mir admits \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do\u201d regarding his MotoGP future, amid reports that Fabio Quartararo will join Honda in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 rider market is already in full swing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1088747\/1\/official-marco-bezzecchi-signs-new-aprilia-motogp-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with Aprilia confirming on Monday 2 February<\/a> that it had agreed a new multi-year deal with Marco Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n<p>That followed bombshell reports last week that 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo has signed for Honda (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1088750\/1\/fabio-quartararo-denies-2027-honda-motogp-deal-signed-confirms-talks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">something he denied on Monday<\/a>), as well as Jorge Martin moving to Yamaha and Pedro Acosta joining Ducati.<\/p>\n<p>Honda was always expected to be a major player in the 2027 rider market, thanks to its resurgence last season.<\/p>\n<p>But it is also almost a full-house, with Johann Zarco and Diogo Moreira at LCR already signed up for 2027.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Should the Quartararo reports proved to be true, Luca Marini and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911973\/joan-mir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Mir<\/a> face an uncertain future at the Japanese marque.<\/p>\n<p>Joan Mir uncertain over his 2027 moves<\/p>\n<p>Following Honda\u2019s 2026 livery launch, <a href=\"http:\/\/crash.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crash.net<\/a> asked Mir what discussions he has had with Honda over next year amid the Quartararo reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the trusth is that every time we start to speak about new contracts earlier and earlier; there\u2019s no limit on it,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think that now it looks like someone started to speak in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my case, this makes that everyone cannot sleep because you don\u2019t want to be without a seat. But from another point, I want to see things to take a decision.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s something that if you don\u2019t wait and you exaggerate a little bit this procedure, you can make a decision that is not right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you have to take it, because everyone is taking it early. So, we will try to play our cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do. That is a bit my decision at the moment. It\u2019s true that I see an improvement from Honda\u2019s project in the last years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been onboard in difficult times. And last year when I was on the podium, I celebrated like a championship, because making results with them, the flavour is different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked to elaborate on what he meant by not knowing what he wants to do, he added: \u201cHonestly, it was more on the line of I\u2019m not even thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not thinking about what I want to do. I don\u2019t know. At the moment, I\u2019m just thinking about starting the year as best as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if the other riders are closing the deals, we have to move. That is also the reality. So, we will see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joan Mir admits \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do\u201d regarding his MotoGP future, amid reports that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,9400,9398,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-453988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-honda-hrc","11":"tag-joan-mir","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}