Finishing eleventh in a French Grand Prix when you are a serious title contender could look like a disaster, with five races remaining before the final whistle. But for Joan Mir, it's a godsend. Starting from the back of the starting grid while his rival Fabio Quartararo started from pole position, the Suzuki official ultimately returned only two points to the Petronas Yamaha rider on the finish line. A relief but the demanding Joan Mir warns: the joker has been played, and there can be no others...
Joan mir is doing well and he can head towards theAragon with all his chances intact to play for the title against fabio quartararo. He arrived in Sarthe with eight points behind, and he leaves with 10 in passive. This despite the fact that he was never in the mix, unlike the Frenchman who could have made the break if the track had remained dry...
But heaven decided otherwise, postponing the double appointment in Aragon the explanation between the two men. “ I lost a lot of time in the first laps because I couldn't get the rear tire up to temperature. », reported the pilot Suzuki. " And because Rossi fell right in front of me and I had to avoid him. When the good feeling returned, I was strong, better than expected. Now we need to understand what went wrong in the beginning ».
“None of us arrived where we were expected”
« Towards the end I was one of the fastest. Because Alex Rins was fast from the start, we can compare the data. If you don't have grip coming out of a corner, you can adjust a lot with the electronics. But if your rear wheel slips right at the entrance to the curve, as happened to Valentino, then that's another matter. » explains the Moto3 World Champion.
The leader of the World Championship Fabio Quartararo also had a day to forget and only crossed the finish line two places ahead of him, even though he had qualified in the leading position. In the general classification, the Frenchman was unable to increase his lead over Mir only two points, bringing it to ten.
« None of us arrived where we were normally expected, I am aware of that " finished Joan mir. " Fabio could have won in the dry, because he had an advantage over everyone. I could have been in the top 5, so the difference in points would have been bigger in the end. So it suits me like that. VYou can have a bad run, it just can't be repeated ". See you next weekend to do it again...
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