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Joan Mir and Karel Abraham were left baffled by their bizarre warm-up lap crashes at Le Mans

Suzuki's Joan Mir and Avintia rider Karel Abraham both admit they are unsure why they crashed at the start of the warm-up lap during the MotoGP French Grand Prix.  Both Mir and Abraham suffered identical front-end crashes while braking for the Dunlop chicane at the start of the sighting lap at Le Mans, with KTM's Johann Zarco getting hit by the errant Avintia Ducati and forced to run off.  Both rejoined the race on their spare bikes, though Abraham was later disqualified for leaving pitlane after the first lap had been completed. Mir finished a lapped 16th. Speaking afterwards, Mir says he had been struggling all weekend to generate front tyre temperature, but is at a...
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