[Sport] Joan Mir speaks in 'El Hormiguero' about his lucky underpants: "They are a bit leaky"

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The brand new MotoGP world champion Joan Mir visited 'El Hormiguero' this Wednesday. The Balearic rider, who in his second year in the premier category of motorcycling has led Suzuki back to the world title after twenty years of drought for the Japanese team, has not shied away from any of the issues raised by Pablo Motos, Trancas and Canyons.

The Mallorcan has taken advantage of his presence on the Antena 3 program to answer those who say that he has been proclaimed champion due to the injury of Marc Márquez. "Let's see, normally, this is part of the game. People get injured. I have incredible respect for him, but this year he has failed. He is human," he said. "In some races I could have risked more but there is the factor of fall and injury. You have to know how to manage all these things. It will be that there are no titles that because the favorite has been injured has been won by someone else. I do not consider that there is that detract from it, "he continued.

"The Team Suzuki Ecstar rider has admitted that it has taken him a long time to get where he has come." I think humility is an advantage in the sport. If you believe that you are more than others, unconsciously it makes you trust yourself, that you do not train hard and that others go over you. Because this is what the elite of any sport have," he highlighted
Joan Mir.

Regarding the option that if in the future he were the father of a child and he decided to be a pilot, he has recognized that it is something that he would not like: "I have not considered it but if I could choose right now I would say no". "It is that I have also passed it at some points at the beginning of my career. So I prefer that I study and do something else," said Joan Mir, who does not know what about his parents when he participates in a race. "I understand that they suffer a lot, but I will only know this the day that happens to me," he added.

In a more relaxed tone, Pablo Motos asked Joan Mir about one of his charms: his lucky underpants. The presenter has revealed that the pilot has run all the races in which he has participated from 2016 to this year, that is, for four years, with the same gayumbos. "I only used them in the races, only that day. I have not used them that much either. 18 days a year," said the guest, downplaying the fact itself. "What is yes is that they are a bit leaky and the rubber is a little given of itself", has recognized, however, the Balearic.

However, he has revealed that he has already changed his underwear. "Last year I was very unlucky. I had a very bad injury in Brno, things did not work out and the shorts had somehow lost the power they had," he said. "This one also started very badly, also with falls, with bad luck and at the Austrian Grand Prix I looked at my underpants and said: 'I'm not going to put them on today, let's see what happens.' And I put on others and started doing podiums in MotoGP. And I said: 'Well, these are the underpants ", Joan Mir has settled the issue of his lucky gayumbos.