Joan Mir admitted he has to take “a lot of risk” in the opening two corners of a race due to Suzuki’s current poor qualifying form.   Mir has only qualified on the first two rows twice this season, with his season best of fourth for the Styrian Grand Prix nearly granting him a debut victory before a poorly-timed red flag ripped away his chances. Despite Suzuki's Saturday struggles Mir has racked up four rostrum results that have thrust him into title contention, the Spaniard currently just eight points down on championship leader Fabio Quartararo with six races remaining, primarily due to his GSX-RR’s penchant for looking after its tyres well over a race distance. Mir has warned...
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