Joan Mir reckons he received a penalty in the Malaysian grand prix for his clash with Johann Zarco because he is a “rookie”. The Spaniard was forced to take a long-lap penalty with two laps remaining after he was involved in an incident with LCR’s Zarco as the Frenchman tried to pass the struggling Jack Miller ahead, resulting in him dropping to his eventual tenth place finishing position behind Danilo Petrucci. Zarco dived to the inside of the Aussie at Turn 14 with three laps to go, but was unaware of the Suzuki doing the same to him, causing the pair to touch which then saw the Honda crash out and retire. Mir believes that his newcomer status played a key part in him...
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