168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Joan Mir’s promising COTA MotoGP weekend ended in frustration as the HRC rider crashed out o🔥f the Sprint and Grand Prix rac🍃es.

The former MotoGP champion showed some of his strongest form since joining Honda, incl👍udin🍨g qualifying inside the top ten (eighth) for the first time since India 2023.

B🐽ut a ❀double DNF meant Austin became another missed opportunity.

“It’s a real shame to crash out again”

Mir was part of a group battling for fourth in Saturday’s Sprint when he fell, then fought bac๊k from 13th to tenth in the Grand Prix before another crash - again while trying tꦺo fend off the superior straight-line speed of a KTM.

It marked Mir's third crash of the weekend and fifth of t👍he season, placing him equal withꦑ Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi for the most falls in the early rounds of 2025.

“It’s a real shame to crash out again while running up in a good position,”ܫ Mir said.

“It’s really frustrat𝓰ing to have this happen again because our potential is much more and especially this weekend.

“When riding alone I can be fast but when we are battling with other riders, I lose that feeling. I have to be very aggressive and then these th𝄹ings happen.

“The team and I need to work on this, our situaꩵtion this year is very different to last year - we have the potential, but we can’t get it out.”

“We will be very close to the top three”

It had been a similarly frustrating story after the Sprint, where Mir set the fourth fastest lap before h꧟is accident, again while trying to make up for the RCV’s lack of top speed.

The COTA weekend finished with Mir 16th 𝔉on the top speed charts.

“We can take the positives and say we are fast and we made the s🍌ame lap time as Pecco, but I don't feel that I have the tools to fight,” Mir said after the Sprint. “We are amongst the last ones in terms of top speed.

“The crash was my mistake, but you have to risk a bit more than the others. You have to use a bi൩t more front brake, to recover the distance you are losing in top speed.

“The balance with the bike is very good, I'🌞m enjoying riding this bike. But onꦕ other hand it’s frustrating.”

Mir explained he had to build up a half-second advantage over the rest of the lap to avoid♏ being overtaken by Pedro Acosta on the straigh💝t.

“It's frustrating because with Pedro I had to be half a secon🗹d per lap faster than the rider behind to av༒oid being overtaken. Like this it’s difficult.”

Mir added that constant✅ly pushing the front tyre under braking to compensate for engine performance leads to increased front pressure and a loss of grip - similar to the 'dirty air' effect when following another rider closely.

“Something similar happened in Argentina. The front pressure goes uꦕp because Iꦡ have to risk more with the front,” he said. “So this scenario - we had it before and we will have it again in the future if we don't improve.”

But if Honda can find top speed, Mir feels they could challenge for their fꦰirst podium since Mar🍷c Marquez at Phillip Island in 2023.

“If we improve - it's not a little bit, we have to impꦗrove a lot - the engine, we will be very close🦋 to the top three.

“It’s not the only thing [we need] but it's the bigges♚t issue, especially during the race.

“Because the grip more or le⛦ss you can handle, you can push a bit more at the beginni🦂ng. Then you run out of tyre, but you can play a bit.

“But with the engine, every lap you go onto the straight, if you have someone behind, he will overtake ꦦyou!”

Mir said new HRC technical dire🍷ctor Romano Albesiano has assured him that the top-speed issue is being addressed.

“He told me, ‘You are fast’, that they know what the problem is and they are working hard. He said, ‘You 🌸have to try sta𓄧y calm’!”

After years o🙈f searching for the right engine character, a major step in the Honda's handling looks to have been made for 2025. 𝓰The challenge now is boosting power without sacrificing that newfound rideability.

Despite Ducati’s continued dominance at the front, Honda’s early progress is visible. The Japanese manufacturer has climbed from fifth and last in the constructors' standing💛s to second overall.

Johann Zarco (7th) and Luca Marini (9th) also sit inside the top ten of the riders’ standings, with Mir currentlღy 16th - due to three DNFs in the six races. Rookie Somkiat Chantra is yet to score.

The good news for t🌜he Honda riders is that, under the concession system, they can receive modified engines during the season. 😼;

The Jerez post-race test at the end of this month is the next obvious date to try such upgrades, but Mir said he doesn't yet know when "something better" will arriveꦕ.

The💛 Qatar Grand Prix, from April 11-13, will take place before the Spanish Grand Prix 🐎and post-race test.