A ‘day to forget’ - Joan Mir sufferers from ‘vomiting’ at Qatar MotoGP test
Joan Mir saw 🔴his final day of pre-season testing cut short after waking up unwell in Q🌜atar.
Joan Mir still completed over 30 laps but the Honda man was heavily impacted by a stomach bug at the Qatar MotoGP test.
The 2020 world champion suffered from vomiting before heading out for a final stint that res༺ulted in a crash at turn 13.
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All four Honda riders struggled for outright pace on the final day of testing in Qatar, but for Mir, his physical condition played a pivota🥂l role in that.
Mir told MotoGP.com: “Thꦦe truth is that today I woke up with not the best feeling on my body. I was without energy and with some stomach problems.
“Then, we started at 3:30pm more or less and mꦑade a few runs but then I needed to stop for a bit. I ♑was vomiting at that moment.
“We decided to stop and then I was honestly not feeling well to go back out. But we had many things to try and📖 we made an important exit with the electronics side.
“There was something on the power delivery that I was having doubts about and want𒁏ed to check again. That’s what we could do t♉oday.
“In the last minutes we made a mistake trying to make a time attack 🌠and then I lost the front in turn 13. That was the end of the day.
“We couldn’t practice the starts so it was a day to forget. I wanted to go back to bed and wake up a💎gain to start this day again. But it is what it is. I wanted another day of testing after this one but we don’t have it.”
Mir finishes 1.5 seconds down on Francesco Bagnaia’s new unofficial lap record, but the Span🗹iard is confident of shaving half a second or more off that when fit.
“At 100% we will b🍌e able to improve our lap time,” began Mir. “Not by 1.5 seconds but I thin🐻k maybe a half second is something we can do.
“🎶Being on the pace all the day and working on the laps - but we will arrive less prepared than I wanted for the fir෴st race.
“I hav🌃e confidence that the team will put [on the bike] what I could🎃n’t today and to have a good package for 2024.”
