Joan Mir has all the appearances of the turkey of the farce of a Styrian Grand Prix which took place in two stages. Like the Austrian Grand Prix. An experience which had demonstrated with Pol Espargaró that being leader when the competition 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 stubborn Mir also harshly explains and analyzes Maverick Viñales' obstinacy in continuing the race with insoluble brake problems...
Up to 12 laps from the finish, Joan mir held his first victory in MotoGP. But in fact a checkered flag, it was a red flag that put an end to his efforts. When hostilities resumed, he was less comfortable. He still takes the good points for fourth place. Which doesn't really satisfy him, because circumstances have led him more to resign himself to it than to be content with it.
On his course, the official Suzuki comments: “ I don't like the idea of a moral winner, because Oliveira took the points. But we got where we wanted to be. Victory will come. Today wasn't 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, everything is seen. It was a shame, because I felt great, we had a perfect weekend, but today was not our day. We have to take it like that. We've been competitive and shown we're here to win, so we take the positive and move on to the next one » adds the teammateAlex Rins.
These general considerations removed, Joan mir goes to retail. And he becomes less tender. First with the Race Direction, and then with Maverick Vinales.
On the first subject, he shows cold anger: “ in Q2, Dovizioso was in the last sector, he bothered me and no one penalized him. In the warm-up, the same with Zarco and not a touch of attention. In the race, I push, 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 it is necessary to penalize others, it is not done. It is not fair. From Jorge Martín they took away a victory for having launched into this curve, in which if you understand motorcycles a little, you know that he gained nothing. They took away the victory ».
“Pol Espargaro knew he was going to be penalized, but…”
He keeps on : " what happened with Pol, who I really like and have a lot of affection for... Miller entered the penultimate corner to overtake, slipped through, Jack took the position and Pol decided to take the last turn on the outside. Jack had the line. He knew he would sneak in if he entered from the outside. When he entered the green zone, he put on the gas and got out 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 parc ferme he went to the box and I was behind, but then they told him to go to parc ferme. I don't blame Pol, he did well and everything is very good with him. I am filing a complaint against the Race Direction so that please clarify, have a rule and respect it, because otherwise it is a joke » ton Joan mir.
Despite their brake problems, the Yamaha would not have chosen large discs
Public chat Maverick Vinales, it is the incomprehension that emerges: “ I had the big discs available, 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 came out with the small discs and decided to race. I heard that Maverick as early as the fourth round was having problems, which I consider very irresponsible of him. Because he endangers other drivers. If you have problems with the brakes, it's not the same as with the tires, it's more complicated. And what happened was he ran out of brakes. It wasn't very responsible of him »
Joan mirOn motorbikemag is not calling for punishment for using discs smaller than those recommended, but he thinks it should be investigated: “ I don't want to comment, because it's not my decision, it doesn't concern me or anything. They will have to look into it because it caused a red flag. Normally, when something raises a red flag, it is investigated. They should investigate anyway ", said Mir...
MotoGP Austria 2 J3: classification
