The Mallorcan, who started 14th, managed to get back into the top ten already on the first lap, and stayed there, between eighth and ninth place, until the rain got worse and with it came the time to change bikes .
However, the Suzuki driver did not have the opportunity to carry out the operation because he crashed on that lap despite driving very cautiously, as he later acknowledged.
This Le Mans is the first zero for the current world champion, who despite this still has five more points in his locker than at this point last year, when he took the crown.
For Mir, this was his first flag to flag race, or from flag to flag, a circumstance that will allow him to accumulate experience for the future, in order to try to avoid making mistakes like the ones that condemned him on the French track, some of them not directly related to driving: instead of picking up the motorcycle from the ground as soon as it falls and Going to the workshop to get on the second unit, the Balearic went on foot and there his options of rejoining the test and, consequently, adding a point, died.
“During a season, there are times when you make mistakes, and as long as it’s just one, there’s no problem. But today was not in my plans”, acknowledged Mir , before apologizing to Suzuki for an unlucky Sunday.
“We will learn from this. This is a result of those that weigh at the end of the season. Because with the pace we had we could have finished in the top five. Although it may not seem like it, I’m happy with the weekend because I felt competitive”, added the rider from Palma, who after this result falls to sixth place in the statistics, with a 31-point disadvantage compared to Fabio Quartararo, the new leader of the World Cup.
“For my part, I have to apologize to the team, because when I fell I ran to the workshop, without picking up the bike, which was a bit damaged. I leave with the feeling of not having given everything, and that makes me sad”, Mir clinched.
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