MotoGP, Valencia Day 2, Joan Mir (Honda/Ab) made another big blunder and will be penalized: "This shouldn't happen"

Joan Mir has just made a serious mistake During the Sprint in Valencia, he broke the most important rule in motorsport: don't take your teammate out of the race! Starting from 10th on the grid, the 2020 MotoGP world champion failed to finish the race and, in doing so, took out his teammate Luca Marini early in the Sprint. A day to forget, that's for sure. The problem is that this considerably hinders Luca Marini, who until then could have dreamed of being the top Honda rider in the standings.

Naturally, Joan Mir wasn't very proud of himself at the finish of the Sprint. « While trying to overtake Luca, I lost control of the front wheel and caused him to fall.I am truly sorry; this kind of incident simply should not happen. I want to apologize to Luca and the team. Of course, I wish to avoid this kind of situation, but it was not a dangerous maneuver; I was just going a little faster. Nevertheless, it's clearly my fault." we read in the columns of speedweekFor this contact, Joan Mir will receive a long penalty lap tomorrow during the race.

 

 

It should be noted that he himself was embarrassed a few moments earlier. "In the previous lap, Binder widened me and I lost three or four places – Luca took advantage of it. So I wanted to regain a good position, which I managed to do in the first cornerI was level with him when braking, but unfortunately, the tire was still a little too cold, as my braking point was normal. I hope we can finish the season on a high note on Sunday » he added.

 

 

This weekend, Honda seems to be in quite a difficult position, which is rather surprising given their recent performance. « We're struggling a bit with the track conditions, and we're also having issues with the soft front tires.Unfortunately, I can't improve the braking with these. The asphalt is also very old, and it's too cold for us. Running in Europe at this time of year is always a challenge » he concluded.

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Sprint result at the MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix:

 

 

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