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It wasn't an easy Sunday at all, the one in Malaysia for Joan Mir, who ended up on the ground during the Grand Prix. In addition to being affected throughout his race by a problem with his rear brake, the Majorcan also had a huge scare right after the first start. When the nasty-looking crash between Brad Binder, Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo occurred, which led to the red flag being shown.
"I didn't see the crash, but honestly I was very worried. In the first start I made a super-good start, I recovered a lot of in the first corner. I was around the top-10, so if I could make the corner I could be in a very good position, but then I find the crash with Fabio and Miller, and I ran over Miller - he said - Then when I saw the ambulance and all the stuff, I was very worried because I don’t know how he was, because I ran over his legs. I was worried for him. But then I went to his box and he said ‘I’m fine, I’m fine, I have a bruise here’, so I said ‘Oh, perfect’. But I was worried.”
The Honda rider then went on to analyze his GP.
“I had problems with the rear brake, and I couldn’t ride in a good way because of it. Then I crashed probably for this reason. I don’t normally use so much the rear brake, so probably it’s not that I overheat it, maybe it’s some problem," he explained. "But, it’s never happened to us, so let’s try to understand.”
A real ordeal for Mir. Not only because of the problem with the brake.
"Putting all the pieces together I was able to overtake the riders in front of me, but it's not easy to overtake starting behind on the grid. It was very hot being behind, I couldn't even breathe. I stayed behind Espargaró for 10 laps and I was boiling. Temperatures go up a lot being behind another rider and you have to manage them well, It wasn't a good weekend," he admitted.“Again with everything together in the race I was able to go a bit, overtaking the riders in front, the riders that in qualifying are able to be in a better position than me. Then in the race I have better pace, and it arrives, but starting in that position it’s not easy to overtake,"
“We still have the same problems. I know that Honda is making a big effort to bring everything in the test, in this case in the Barcelona test, then we will make another test in Jerez, and there we will see if we are able to make a good step to prepare well next year," Joan concluded, hoping the Catalan track would be a good place for testing given its poor grip level.“Barcelona is the worst scenario for our bike, so in terms of result it’s not fantastic. But in terms of testing there and trying the new bike, the new idea of the bike that the Japanese engineers have, it’s very interesting.
