Joan Mir crossed the finish line of this Catalan Grand Prix in fifth place but it was the points for fourth that he scored this evening when leaving the Montmelo track. Indeed, after the Suzuki and Ducati factories went to see the Race Direction to recall a regulation which stipulates that “ Driver equipment must be worn, properly fastened, for the entire duration of the activity on the track ", the Yamaha official received an additional three-second penalty in addition to the other three seconds inflicted at the finish. From third to fourth, here he is sixth. Behind Joan Mir who is not lenient with the one who was his teammate at Leopard in Moto3…
In this Grand Prix of Catalonia, there will have been the victory ofOlive tree on KTM by nothing in front Johann zarco and his Ducati, then the open suit of Quartararo. A racing event finally dealt with late by Management requested by Suzuki et Ducati who had something to rely on for a regulation. In summary, the official Yamaha leaves Catalonia sixth and with 14 points ahead of zarco in a general ranking that he still leads.
Some said that with his suit open, for reasons still unknown, Quartararo had put himself in danger. But the World Champion Joan mir has another opinion. For him, the Frenchman endangered his colleagues. And here’s why: “ it is not normal. He threw his bib at turn 3. It is made of plastic and thus endangers the drivers following. Fortunately, nothing happened ". The Spaniard added: “ above all, he puts himself in danger. I don't know exactly what the rules say, but I don't think he's allowed to drive like that ". We know the rest.
Mir: “we made a bad choice of rear tire”
On his course, Joan mir commented: “ I was ready and I wanted to fight for the podium. But we made the wrong choice with the medium rear tire. I lost too much time in the acceleration phase towards the end of the race. We must learn from this » declared the World Champion.
Usually, race days are his and hers strong points. Suzuki, but he was unable to play on these strengths in Montmeló. “ I actually had a good strategy and was able to save tires at the start ", has explained Mir. " But from the middle of the race I kept having problems and could no longer maintain the pace. It's frustrating. We should have put the hard rear tire on ". With the two penalties imposed on Quartararo and the action of his team in concert with Ducati, Joan Mir was still able to recover points from the championship leader while at the checkered flag, he had dropped two more…
MotoGP Catalonia Barcelona J3: classification
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