Joan Mir describes “scary” near-miss with rider-less bike at MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas practice: “Impossible to see…”
A very close call between and on their last flying laps!
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Great reactions from Joan!
Pramac Racing’s Joha🏅nn Zarco had fallen on Friday in a position which meant Repsol💎 Honda rider Mir did not see the incident.
And with no time for the yellow flags to come out, Mir was reliant on his reactions to dip out of♎ the path🐲 of the flailing Desmosedici, although it eventually cost him a fall.
“That was scary,” Mir said.
“W🔯hen I came into Tuಌrn 6, Zarco’s bike was still moving.”
Mir describes seeing a rotating Desmosedici without its rid🅷er: “I was in Turn 5 when I saw that one bike ꦅwas doing that...
“And I just went complet🍃ely out of the track, with the speed, and I didn’t expect it.
“Zarco was probably one second in front of me. So, on that sec🔯tion, it’s impossible to see one second in front.”
Mir was glad the incident happened on a Friday rather than a Saturday or a Sunday: “In this track, if yo🥂u crash on [this part of the track], you hit another rider in the race.”
Mir missed the grand pꦚrix in Argentina after a crash and offered a reminder of his physical struggles: “This track is a challenge for everyone, and I’m not at 100%.”
The ♌Repsol Honda rider was 12th-fa🃏stest in FP2 on Friday.
Stefan Bradl, replacing Mir’s teammate Marc Marquez who is mis🐭sing through injury, was 20th.
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