MotoGP points leader Joan Mir says he is ‘living the dream’ after taking his maiden win for Ecstar Suzuki and expanding his championship lead to 37 points over team-mate Alex Rins and Fabio Quartararo.

The Spaniard put in another display of consistency (see below) on a track that was patchy but drying and on tyres with which he had done limited laps due to wet practice sessions.

“For me this weekend was the best one of the season because it was really difficult to be competitive in all conditions and on Friday I started to struggle a little bit in wet conditions and in dry with wet patches and it was a little bit difficult for me to find a good set-up,” said Mir, speaking at the track.

“But then the team did an awesome job and on Saturday I changed completely, and the bike was working well in all conditions and today in the warm-up, the first session we had in the dry, I saw that my feeling was especially good with the bike.

“I was thinking that today was maybe the day to get the victory. It makes me feel super good, it’s like a dream.

“I’m living a dream at the moment. Now looks like we have quite a lot of points of distance, so we have to see.

“We have to see how I will manage the next GP because there are a lot of riders so strong. But we are strong too, so I am not worried.”

Mir’s lap, sector and top speed analysis from yesterday’s race

1 1’39.285 27.046 25.368 22.037 24.834 224.7
2 1’33.021 20.995 24.906 22.093 25.027 319.8
3 1’32.339 20.868 24.748 21.950 24.773 316.8
4 1’32.067 20.830 24.666 21.873 24.698 319.8
5 1’32.059 20.790 24.684 21.845 24.740 318.3
6 1’32.306 20.845 24.745 21.934 24.782 321.3
7 1’32.402 20.891 24.764 21.895 24.852 318.3
8 1’32.247 20.837 24.812 21.827 24.771 318.3
9 1’32.074 20.736 24.692 21.906 24.740 316.8
10 1’32.081 20.787 24.736 21.836 24.722 318.3
11 1’32.220 20.829 24.734 21.889 24.768 315.4
12 1’32.117 20.788 24.701 21.842 24.786 318.3
13 1’32.105 20.782 24.703 21.843 24.777 318.3
14 1’32.189 20.815 24.720 21.862 24.792 319.8
15 1’32.488 20.839 24.846 21.939 24.864 316.8
16 1’32.218 20.780 24.700 21.866 24.872 316.8
17 1’32.132 20.779 24.708 21.909 24.736 316.8
18 1’31.993 20.729 24.668 21.882 24.714 316.8
19 1’31.955 20.737 24.730 21.808 24.680 316.8
20 1’32.166 20.801 24.748 21.884 24.733 316.8
21 1’31.990 20.699 24.688 21.844 24.759 316.8
22 1’32.092 20.746 24.752 21.840 24.754 316.8
23 1’32.153 20.755 24.772 21.893 24.733 315.4
24 1’32.132 20.665 24.730 21.896 24.841 316.8
25 1’32.202 20.809 24.742 21.931 24.720 315.4
26 1’32.439 20.839 24.756 21.911 24.933 315.4
27 1’32.825 20.910 24.980 22.082 24.853 316.8