MotoGP points leader Joan Mir says he is hoping for “higher” temperatures during Sunday’s Alcaniz Grand Prix after struggling to make the soft front tyre work in qualifying. The Suzuki pilot admitted he “didn’t feel so good with the soft” front tyre after qualifying a lowly 12th having focussed on making the medium compound front rubber work during practice. Mir reckons he’ll have an “advantage” should temperatures remain high for the 23-lap Aragon contest, but says that it’ll be “important” for him to “recover positions early” if he is to make good use of his improved race performance. “It was a difficult qualifying, we worked well during FP4 with the medium...
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