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 Joh✱ann Zarco had fallen on Friday in a posi💟tion 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.
“When I came into Turn 6, Zarco’s bike wꦑas still moving.”
Mir describes seeing a rotating Deꦫsmosedici without its rider: “I was in Turn 5 when I saw that one bike was doing that...
“And I just went completely out of the ♏track, with the speed, and I didn’t expect it.
“Zarco was pr𓄧obably one second in front of me. So, on that section, it’s impos꧃sible to see one second in front.”
Mir was glad the incident happened on a Friday rather than a Saturday or a Sunday: ಌ“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: “This track is a challenge for everyone, and I’m not at 100%.”
The Repsol Honda rid෴er was 12th-fastest in FP2 on Friday.
Stefan Bra✤dl, replacing Mir’s teammate Marc Marquez who is missing through injury, was 20th.
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