Joan Mir says "one bad race is allowed" this season after finishing 11th and ceding two more points to Fabio Quartararo in the standings in the MotoGP French Grand Prix. The Suzuki rider struggled to 14th in qualifying having been unable to get temperature in his tyres at a cold Le Mans, an issue which persisted in Sunday's wet French GP. Mir dropped to 15th on the opening lap after being forced off track at the Dunlop chicane by Valentino Rossi's crash, and would fall to 19th by the third tour before his pace improved as his rear medium rain tyre got up to temperature. He engaged in a last-lap battle with title rival Quartararo for ninth, but was bested by the SRT rider and was...
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