On Saturday the Spaniard got complicated after not being able to get into the group of runners who would qualify directly for the second qualifying round (Q2). His passage through the first (Q1) redoubled the dose of stress on his back and, in addition, forced him to risk his position on the grid with a single attempt.
The 2020 world champion applied himself in a second start that will place him seventh, a position to which he seems to be subscribed.
Obviously, that is not the best starting position in a scenario that, moreover, does not bring him very good experiences: his best position in the three visits he has made since competing in the heavy motorcycle category is eleventh last year .
“I did not expect to have to go through Q1 at all. But in the morning nothing went well. I was not able to go fast in the third free test or in the fourth. Then we made a big change to the bike that worked,” he summed up the Balearic, who at all times was aware of the limitation of facing the decisive moment of qualifying with a single soft rubber.
The Suzuki rider points to Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo as the main candidates to fight for victory this Sunday, although he believes that he is not far away. “Anyway,” he said, “I don’t really know what pace I have, because I couldn’t do more than three or four laps in a row.”
If at first it seemed that competitors and fans could enjoy a French Grand Prix entirely in dry conditions, the forecast changed late on Friday, and at the moment showers are projected for when the MotoGP test begins.
“I have a pending issue with the water. I have been improving a lot since I entered MotoGP, which I did not like at all. In fact, I was hiding it. But now I have learned to enjoy it too,” Mir agreed.
