MotoGP’s most unlucky rider simply can’t catch a break.
Joan Mir was worn out of the Czech MotoGP on the weekend on account of an incident of Alex Marquez’s doing.
Notably, he was concerned in clashes with Fermin Aldeguer (Assen), Jack Miller (Aragon) and Ai Ogura (Sachsenring) too. Each time, he can be justified in pointing the finger at his rivals.
The manufacturing unit Honda rider has eight DNFs in 12 grands prix.
The luckless Mir then had his flight dwelling from Czechia cancelled on Sunday evening.
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“It’s unbelievable, he have to be driving round ready for somebody to hit him,” Peter McLaren informed the Crash MotoGP podcast.
“He mentioned that he doesn’t imagine in unhealthy luck, and he put ahead an affordable concept…
“They lose in high velocity, so he thinks it sucks the others into making an attempt a transfer, however he’s robust on the brakes, in order that they then launch the brakes to attempt to go. Then incidents occur.
“It has been everywhere however the finish end result is similar: he has been on the bottom.
“He needs to be up there with Johann Zarco. By way of uncooked velocity, Mir has been a challenger for him. However within the championship he’s nowhere close to.
“They’ve each fallen 15 occasions. Zarco’s appear to have been in observe. Mir’s appear to at all times be within the races.”
LCR Honda rider Zarco is eighth within the MotoGP standings with 109 factors. Mir is nineteenth with 32 factors.
Alex Marquez informed to ‘tidy up’ messy tangles
Alex Marquez
The blame for Mir’s newest DNF was accepted by Alex Marquez.
The Gresini rider was given an extended lap penalty for the subsequent grand prix, which Lewis Duncan informed the Crash MotoGP podcast was “a good sufficient punishment”.
He added: “Alex’s rationalization feeds into Mir’s purpose for all of those incidents.
“Alex mentioned he wasn’t making an attempt an overtake, he was simply seeing if it was attainable, and he ended up on the within.
“Given the velocity benefit of a Ducati over a Honda, it was silly to be taking a look at a transfer there. Do it someplace protected, someplace the place you’ve acquired a run.
“There was no actual want to do this. It was clumsy.
“Alex didn’t have an ideal weekend. In the end he didn’t do the banking lap. Pecco Bagnaia did, and acquired pole due to that.
“We’ve got seen this earlier than from Alex. In Austin [2023] he acquired snarled with Jorge Martin. We see this an excessive amount of from Alex.
“If Alex has any designs on being a championship challenger subsequent 12 months, he wants to search out one other degree, however he must tidy this up.
“If he hadn’t had issues and continued to complete second in each race, the hole wouldn’t be that large. Marc couldn’t be snug.
“Jerez and Austin, when Marc crashed, Alex ended up with the championship lead. He must get again to that consistency.
“If Marco Bezzecchi’s outcomes preserve stepping into the best way that they’re, [Alex] might discover issues there.
“A single lengthy lap penalty is a good sufficient punishment.”
