Honda’s Joan Mir wanted stitches for a laceration on his hand after crashing at Sunday’s MotoGP French Grand Prix.
The 2020 world champion has solely seen the checkered flag as soon as on Sunday to this point in 2026, and suffered his fourth DNF in 5 races on the French Grand Prix.
Joan Mir had a robust weekend at Le Mans, with the Honda rider qualifying seventh and ending sixth in Saturday’s dash.
He was aiming for a top-six end in Sunday’s important race, however crashed on lap 20 of 27 whereas operating sixth.
Honda canceled Mir’s media duties on Sunday and posted on its social media channels that his proper hand was lacerated and required stitches.
“The road between crashing and never crashing could be very skinny on this bike.”
Mir mentioned the crash was the results of making an attempt to maintain his arduous entrance tires heat after clearing Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.
He additionally mentioned, “The road between crashing and never crashing on this bike could be very slim.”
“Nicely, it was a disappointing finish to a robust weekend for us,” Honda mentioned in an announcement.
“I believe it was a really sudden crash as a result of we had been heading in the direction of the arduous entrance.
“And I can say that once I was with Fabio I used to be somewhat safer.
“And after I handed him, the entrance began getting colder and colder, so I needed to assault the entrance to get the temperature up.
“Then I misplaced the entrance fairly early on the braking straight. It was unlucky what occurred.
“It was a really violent collision. I bought a couple of stitches in my hand.
“However I really feel good. I am superb. That is a very powerful factor.”
“After which there was nothing. It was disappointing as a result of I believe we may have had a prime 5 or prime six end result, however once more we simply could not put all of it collectively.”
“So, as I at all times say, the road between crashing and never crashing on this bike could be very skinny, so we’ve to maintain making an attempt to journey with extra margin to keep away from these items.”
