Joan Mir has all the appearances of the stuffing turkey of a Styrian Grand Prix which took place in two stages. Like the Austrian Grand Prix. An experience which had shown with Pol Espargaró that being a leader when the competition was stopped was paradoxically not the best position to start and finish the second part. But the Suzuki rider, second last weekend, stayed on his wheels to take fourth place… which should have been third. The young but nasty Mir also explains and analyzes severely the stubbornness of Maverick Viñales to continue the race with insoluble brake problems …
Up to 12 laps from the finish, Joan Mir had his first victory in MotoGP. But in fact of a checkered flag, it was a red flag that put an end to his efforts. When hostilities resumed, he was less at ease. He still takes the good points of fourth place. This does not really satisfy him, because circumstances have led him more to resign himself to it than to be satisfied with it.
On his race, the official Suzuki comments: “ I don’t like the idea of a moral winner, because Oliveira took the points. But we were where we wanted to be. Victory will come. Today was not the day, but I don’t feel like the moral winner. I think the team and I did a good job, and I also think we deserved to win. But Oliveira won ».
« I don’t have much to say about the race, it’s all seen. It was a shame because I felt so good, we had a perfect weekend, but today was not our day. We have to take it like this. We’ve been competitive and we’ve shown we’re here to win, so we take the positive and move on »Adds the teammate ofAlex Rins.
These general considerations evacuated, Joan Mir go to detail. And he is less tender. First with the Race Direction, and then with Maverick Viñales.
On the first subject, he shows cold anger: “ in Q2, Dovizioso was standing in the last sector, he disturbs me and nobody penalizes him. In the warm-up, the same with Zarco and not a touch of attention. In the race, I force, I go out and they penalize me. I gave up the place with great pleasure. But it doesn’t seem fair to me that when you have to penalize others, it shouldn’t be done. It is not fair. In Jorge Martín, they took away a victory for having started in this curve, in which if you understand motorcycles a little, you know that he has not won anything. They took away the victory ».
“Pol Espargaro knew he was going to be penalized, but…”
He keeps on : ” what happened with Pol, whom I really like and for whom I have a lot of affection… Miller entered the penultimate corner to pass, slipped in, Jack took the position and Pol decided to take the last corner on the outside. Jack had the line. He knew he was going to sneak in if he entered from outside. When he entered the green zone, he put the gas on and left to join the circuit. Then he comes back and they don’t penalize him. He knew they were going to penalize him because instead of going to the parc fermé he went to the box and I was behind, but then they told him to go to the parc fermé. I don’t blame Pol, that he did well and everything is fine with him. I file a complaint against the Race Direction so that, please, clarify, have a rule and respect it, because otherwise it’s a joke » tonne Joan Mir.
Despite their brake concerns, the Yamaha would not have chosen the big discs
Sure Maverick Viñales, it is the incomprehension that transpires: ” I had the big discs on hand, they didn’t fit me well so I wore the usual ones, because I never had any brake problems. We knew we weren’t going to have a problem. But the Yamahas had problems during the weekend, they come out with the small discs and decide to race. I heard that Maverick as early as the fourth round was in trouble, which I consider very irresponsible of him. Because it endangers the other pilots. If you have trouble with the brakes, it’s not the same as with the tires, it’s more complicated. And what happened was he didn’t have any more brakes. It was not very responsible of her part »
Joan Mir, sure motorbikemag is not asking for a penalty for using discs smaller than recommended, but he thinks this should be investigated: ” I don’t want to comment, because it’s not my decision, it’s not about me, or anything. They will have to examine it, because it caused a red flag. Normally, when something raises a red flag, it is investigated. They should investigate anyway “, said Me…
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