Joan Mir did not see the arrival of this British Grand Prix which did not give him any more information about his future in MotoGP. The official of a Suzuki factory which will close shop at the end of this season suffered the same problems as Fabio Quartararo with his Yamaha when he was stuck in the peloton. He thus explains his disappointment while his teammate Alex Rins believed in victory for half a Grand Prix before his tires also failed him...
By the way, could there be a curse hitting the 2020 class in MotoGP? The World Champion of the vintage, like his runner-up at the time in the general classification, have not had the opportunity since then to experience good times in the Grand Prix. And it's worth reflecting on the vintage of this famous year marked by the health crisis, with a calendar with a particular layout.
That being said, the race at Silverstone looked promising for Joan mir until the 15th round. The pilot Suzuki was eighth, but unfortunately fell. In question, the temperature of the tires was reported to be too high, which led to the fault. While his teammate at Suzuki Ecstar, alex rins, struggled with the degradation of his own tires and had to give up a possible first victory of the season, Joan mir lost traction due to excessive temperature in the front tire and abandoned his last hopes of a top 5 in the gravel trap.
The 2020 World Champion then occupied 8th place behind fabio quartararo et Enea Bastianini with six laps to go before the checkered flag fell on this leading group, which the Spaniard had to let slip away at turn 7. Joan Mir recounts, discarding his responsibility for this abandonment: “ we had warmer temperatures on Sunday than on Friday and Saturday. Driving in a group and with the tire pressure too high, the front wheel must have heated up more than expected. I already had less stability when braking, which is why I finally crashed ».
Joan Mir: “ when you ride behind three or four riders you feel the high temperatures on the front tire«
« It was very difficult to cool the tires in the group, although you can do it at Silverstone thanks to the width of the track. But when you ride behind three or four riders, you feel the high temperatures on the front tire. We probably also had the wrong tire pressure information because it was hotter on race day », underlined the Majorcan of 24 years.
However, it wasn't just the temperatures that bothered him, as " the feeling on the GSX-RR was good, but we need to improve traction. At turn 16, I lost three to four tenths, we will have to control this better in the future »
However, Joan mir et Suzuki can draw a positive conclusion: I started without a starting device because the first turn is so close here and I got off to a good start. Aleix Espargaró, Enea Bastianini, were fast but I was able to follow the best behind Quartararo. But I can't say if I would have done better than eighth ". See you now in two weeks at the Red Bull Ring for a Austrian Grand Prix from where he will wait behind the scenes for news for next year...
MotoGP Silverstone J3: standings
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