Joan Mir believes harm sustained in an earlier collision with Enea Bastianini could have contributed to his crash in Sunday’s Hungarian MotoGP.
The Honda rider was operating in eighth place when he crashed on lap 15 of 26 at Balaton Park.
Earlier, Mir was concerned in a collision with Bastianini after the Tech3 KTM rider returned to the race line after a mistake in flip one.
Each riders remained upright, however Bastianini was later given a protracted lap penalty for the incident.
Joan Mir, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP racer.
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“The foot pegs have been free.”
Mir stated the influence precipitated harm to the RCV, which he suspects could have performed a task within the subsequent accident.
After the collision with Bastianini, Mir stated his bike was “fairly broken”.
“The footpeg was free and I feel that is why it crashed. The crash was very unusual so we’ll need to examine.”
“I had an issue with the stress from the entrance, so I stayed behind Diogo (Moreira) with out doing something particular.
“I used to be involved that the stress was so excessive that it was unimaginable to assault different riders.
“So I used to be ready a bit of bit for Diogo and Jack to make a mistake.
“I feel there was extra to it, however that crash was unlucky.”
Joan Mir, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP racer.
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Honda ‘removes some query marks’ in Hungary
Mir admitted that he missed his probability within the race after a Flip 1 accident brought on by Jorge Martín noticed a number of entrance runners drop out.
“At this time was a very good alternative to get some factors. Due to what occurred firstly, there have been plenty of quick guys who could not full the primary lap.
“So it was a possibility.
“We did not benefit from our probabilities, however we eliminated some query marks with our setup for this weekend.
“We used our previous setup for at present’s race, however we have been capable of journey it once more in a greater manner, in order that’s the one constructive from this weekend,” he defined.
“At Barcelona we tried a distinct setup for the entrance fork, however Barcelona is a particular monitor, temperatures and every part, and it labored effectively there.
“Then we made Mugello and got here right here. And at present we went again to the usual one, and it was a lot better.”
“We have been capable of assault the way in which we needed from earlier.”
Teammate Luca Marini completed fifth as Honda’s high rider, whereas LCR rookie Diogo Moreira secured sixth place.
