garo said. "Our race today was
very short because of this; this can
happen in racing when you are on
the limit everywhere. We try and
learn from our mistakes and our
problems and come back stron-
ger. Now we turn our a en on to
Jerez, a circuit where we as a team
will have a lot of data thanks to the
work that Stefan has been doing.
All we can do is keep working and
try to find some luck; the issue we
had today won't be an issue in the
future."
36 JOAN MIR
3RD MOTOGP
"I expected that I could have good
race pace, because in warm-up this
morning I felt very strong, but I
didn't expect to have trouble in the
middle of the race," Joan Mir said.
"I'm not sure why, but I started to
struggle with the front of the bike,
which is something we have to
check and learn from. But overall,
I'm happy because we put together
a strong weekend and I managed
a podium at a track which isn't the
best for me. I'm looking forward to
Jerez and hopefully ge ng another
good result there, although it will
be a very compe ve race for
sure."
MYOWNRACE
bidelli (Petronas Yamaha) in
his best ride of the season so
far from Red Bull KTM's Brad
Binder, who likewise took his
best result so far in 2021.
Along with Rins, there were
many crashes including former
championship leader Johann
Zarco, who crashed out with
six laps remaining while battling
with Mir and Bagnaia, blaming a
gearbox issue for the incident.
Jack Miller was another
casualty, the Australian crash-
ing between turns one and two.
Valentino Rossi crashed at the
same turn 10, as Zarco and Pol
Espargaro retired with mechani-
cal problems.
The race saw a solid return
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