Joan Mir finished his first ever flagღ-to-flag MotoG🍨P race in P4 following a last lap which saw him gain 8 positions. 

Unlike the week before - first of two races at the Red Bull Ring - Mir seemed🧸 to be lacking pace in the dry to challenge for a podium.

But as was the case with eventual race winner Brad Binder, late rain allowed Mir to close up on the leading four riders, before the Suzuki rider got ahead of Fabio Quarta🅘raro on the same lap the🐠y pitted for a bike swap. 

After filtering out in 💛P13, Mir charged through the dry tyre runners on the final lap to claim fourth and therefore reduce the ch🐽ampionship gap between he and Quartararo (finished P7) for a second consecutive week. 

"Today I completed my first ever bike swap in a race, and it was a really intense and crazy experience!" said ꦑMir. 

"I was trying to decide the best time to head into the pits, I was weighing up the risk versus reward of slicks or wets, a𒆙nd then all my🃏 closest rivals decided to go in so I went with them. 

"It turned out to be a good choice, because the track became very wet and slipper🍰y. The last part of the race was quite funny and strange because I don’t th🅠ink anyone knew the real results until after the flag. 

"It was also a littꦬle s♐cary because there were riders everywhere, all on different tyres, it was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

"My feeling in the dry was OK, but I didn’t have as much trac🌠tion as usual and we’ll need to analyse why. 

"At first I thought I could win if I stayed out on the dry set-up, but that wouldn’t have been a se💮nsible decision and I’m glꦗad to bring home decent points and an important fourth place."

Mir’s team-mate Alex Rins wa༺sn’t as fortunate with his decision to box as he could only manage 14th. 

Rins made a much e💃arᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlier call along with Jack Miller to head down pit lane - two laps too early. 

Rins added: "I think Jack [Miller] and I made a big mistake going into the box quite early. The worst thing is that going🦄 out of piౠt lane it was not raining the next two laps. For this it was the mistake. 

"Befoꦗre entry on the box we were there fighting for the top ten. For sure not our best day, not our best race track, not our best result, but let’s try to🍎 think about the next race in Silverstone."