MotoGP Styria: Mir dissapointed, but fast

Joan Mir came incredibly close to his maiden MotoGP victory before the red flag.

It was a dream come true until it wasn’t, Joan Mir started the race from the front row before leading the race with race pace which Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro both said they couldn’t keep up with. Mir opened up a gap of more than two seconds leaving Miller, Nakagami and Espargaro to fend for themselves.

This was until Maverick Vinales was forced to jump from his bike, causing a red flag in the race which was restarted. The problem for Mir was that Mir did not have any spare tyres, therefore had to use his old front tyre whilst Miller and Espargaro were able to put a new tyre in.