JAKARTA - Today, November 15 last year or in 2020, racer Joan Mir managed to become the 2020 MotoGP world champion after completing the Valencia MotoGP. The win is historic. Because, he became one of the drivers who managed to win the world champion with a very low score.
Mir had become a dark horse in the early 2020 MotoGP match. The 23-year-old racer twice failed to finish from the first three races in the Spanish MotoGP and Czech MotoGP.
In the Spanish MotoGP race, Mir failed to finish after an accident on the second lap. While in the Czech MotoGP, the 2017 Moto3 world champion was unlucky. Mir was swept away by Tech3 KTM racer Iker Leucuona at corner 13 in the fourth lap.
There was a turning point. Mir managed to finish in second place at the 2020 Austrian MotoGP. However, at this point Mir has not been considered as one of the world champion candidates. Fabio Quartararo is still firmly at the top of the standings.
After failing to reach the podium at the Styria MotoGP by finishing fourth, Mir won three consecutive podiums at the San Marino MotoGP (Finish 3), Emilia Romagna MotoGP (2) and Catalunya MotoGP (2). Mir then moved up two places to second in the 2020 MotoGP standings with only 8 points adrift of Quartararo.
Mir has just succeeded in shifting Quartararo from the top of the 2020 MotoGP standings while competing in the Aragon MotoGP. Finishing third in the race, plus Quartararo only able to finish 18th, saw Mir rise to the top of the standings with a 6-point lead.
Mir's advantage increased by 14 points after finishing third in MotoGP Teruel and Quartararo finishing 8. Mir finally confirmed the 2020 MotoGP world title after the Valencia MotoGP race. Despite finishing seventh, Mir is still 29 points ahead of Franco Morbidelli with one draw remaining.
Joan Mir made some history during 2020. Firstly, he became the seventh youngest rider to win the MotoGP world championship after Marc Marquez, Freddie Spencer, Casey Stoner, Mike Hailwood, John Surtees and Valentino Rossi. He also became Suzuki's first four-stroke grand prix champion.
At the same time Mir came close to being the first rider to take the premier class title without winning a single race. Even so, he became the first racer to win the championship with just one race victory.
This is one of the reasons why Mir's championship points score is the second lowest since 72 years of premier class grand prix racing as quoted by Motorsportmagazine.com During 14 races, Mir scored 171 points out of a maximum of 350 points. That means Mir's hit rate is only 48, 85 percent.
Mir is not the only one with the lowest score as a MotoGP world champion. In 1952 Gilera rider Umberto Masetti won the 500cc world championship with 43.75 percent of the maximum points score.
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