MotoGP points leader Joan Mir will not change his strategy in final three races of the year as he has the championship on his mind.

The young Spaniard, who has not yet taken his maiden series win, has a 14-point lead over fellow nipper Fabio Quartararo and will continue with the strategy that has brought him this far.

"I think now more than ever it would be a big mistake. But we have to be fast and always when you try to be fast you take risks. You can make a mistake. The important thing is to find a balance for that risk," said Mir.

"For example, in this race I thought that I was able to catch the riders in front, but then I saw I was not. So why continue pushing, risking a crash, if I already know that I can’t win this race?

"We don’t have to think about the championship in some moments. Like in the first laps, I was not thinking at all of the championship. I was just thinking about doing 100%, all that I was able to do.

"But then there was a moment that maybe, yes, I thought about it.  I saw that my feelings on the bike were not the best ones, and I was not able to recover the distance with Rins and Franco, I had some big moments and I said maybe it’s better to stay here.

"So it’s finding a compromise. I will not change strategy. I will continue like that, just giving 100 per cent and always finding the compromise between risk and points.

"As the finish of the season gets closer, we have to be even more clever and do this compromise in a better way."