The 2022 MotoGP season just keeps getting worse for Joan Mir. The 2020 MotoGP champion has struggled for form throughout the year, crashing out of six races and failing to stand atop the podium even once.
Suzuki dealt the Spanish rider a psychological blow when they abruptly announced that the brand would cease Grand Prix operations following the 2022 season. Months later, fate would deliver Mir a physical blow when he high-sided at the first turn of the Austrian Grand Prix, sustaining a fractured right ankle as a result.
