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 R🐼acing’s Johann Zarcꦗo had fallen on Friday in a position which meant Repsol Honda rider Mir did not see the incident.
And wit💝h 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.
“When I came into Turn 6, Zarco’s bike was still moving.”&nbs🐟p;
Mir describes seeing a rotating Desmosedici without its rider: “I was in Turn 5 when I saw that on🔯e bike was doing that...
“And I just went completely out of the track, with the ꦬspeed, and 𒐪I didn’t expect it.
“Zarco was probably one ൲second in front of me. So, on that section, it’s impossible to se♑e one second in front.”
Mir w𝓀as glad the incident happened on a Friday rather than a Saturday or a S▨unday: “In this track, if you crash on [this part of the track], you hit another rider in the race.”
Mir missed the grand prix in Argentina after a crash and offered a reminder of his physical struggles: “൲This track is a challenge for everyone, and I’m not at 100%.”
The Repsol Honda rider was🌺 12th-fastest in FP2 on Friday.
Ste♒fan Bradl, replacing Mir’s te꧑ammate Marc Marquez who is missing through injury, was 20th.
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