Joan Mir says she is no longer thinking about it and is focusing on the upcoming Portuguese Grand Prix, but, all the same, the incident with Jack Miller during the last Doha Grand Prix is apparently not yet fully digested. We will remember that during this second race at Losail, the Suzuki official and his Ducati counterpart rubbed each other during the race, until they touched each other on the straight. If the Spaniard was aggressive in the corners, the Australian was angry in the straight. For the Race Direction, there was nothing reprehensible. And this is what worries the World Champion for the future…
Time has passed since this Doha Grand Prix and here we are now in Europe, Portimao. However, the wound is still open between Joan Mir and Jack Miller. At least it's still itchy on the official's side Suzuki. The latter thus returned to the subject during the arms vigil of the Portuguese Grand Prix à Portimao : " Suzuki went to see the Race Management without success, the decision had already been made ", he said. " They saw that the action was legal. This is something that I do not share with the Race Management, I think this action was out of bounds ».
« But I respect the decision, I know what the Race Management thinks and also what Jack thinks » he adds immediately. “ I think for me it's clear, it's not legal because you see Jack looking at me and then he touches me. This is something that if it happens in the future, the same action in the future, will be penalized. I think they will, but I don't know » worries the reigning World Champion.
Mir: “That’s something I won’t do.”
It remains to be seen whether in this case we were dealing with a dangerous precedent. Joan mir responds on Motorsport : " the decision is clear. They think it's legal. I don't think so, I think it could be dangerous too if it happens to other people in the future and I think they need to penalize this type of action because it's dangerous, it's on the straight and narrow, it's intentional ».
He finishes : " but anyway, it's better to think about this weekend, to forget about it. For sure I will not do this action to another rival, this is something I will not do ". The two men will meet again on Friday, in FP1…
