Whereas battling for the outer reaches of the factors late on in Saturday’s crash-strewn dash race at Jerez, Marquez collided with Honda’s Mir on the final nook as he made a failed overtake try.
Mir took a robust hit and misplaced a number of locations, in the end ending out of the factors in tenth.
Gresini rider Marquez, who crashed out of the lead on lap 9, was ordered to drop one place by the stewards for the conflict however nonetheless scored factors in seventh.
Mir felt the punishment Marquez obtained was “unfair” as he feels he was given a harsher penalty for a collision with Fabio Quartararo in the Portugal sprint last year, and took intention at what he feels is the stewards’ lack of consistency.
“It was a bit unfair as a result of I believe I made a very good begin, then I had the contact in Flip 2,” Mir mirrored.
“Then I misplaced plenty of positions after which I began to interrupt away from the group I had behind to the blokes in entrance. I overtook the group with Miguel [Oliveira] after which I stayed behind Raul [Fernandez] to organize one assault for the final laps.
“Then Marc simply got here on the final nook, he touched me, he hit me out of the monitor, I misplaced all of the positions.
“Then when he overtook Miguel in the identical actual means, [and] he was demoted [only] one place and that is it.
Joan Mir, Repsol Honda Group
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“So, the final time I obtained a penalty was in Portimao within the [2023] dash race, related factor. I braked, I overtook Fabio, I misplaced the entrance, I kicked Fabio out and he misplaced a few positions.
“I crashed and for the race on Sunday they gave me a double lengthy lap.
“That was the final penalty I obtained. So, this time he did not crash, he hit me out of the monitor, I misplaced 4 positions – [he is] demoted one place. I wish to perceive.
“That is one thing that after I went into the field I used to be with a poker face as a result of I say ‘how is that this potential that one rider you say one factor, and for a similar transfer and even worse it is [only] demoted one place’.”
Mir added: “I am not pissed with the manoeuvre from Marc, as a result of if he waited three seconds extra we move the nook and within the straight he overtakes me.
“So, that is one thing that I do not actually perceive being in that place.
“If we combat for the rostrum I perceive. However man, it is unbelievable how they worth these kind of issues, and they’re so irregular with penalties. It is unbelievable.
“Ultimately, I am a rider who prior to now favored to overhaul with contact. It is one thing that I do as a result of these days with the aero it’s totally tough to overhaul.
“So, with a little bit of contact, we have now to have this margin within the overtakes. However one factor is the margin to the touch and open your line, and the opposite factor is to kick the rider out of the monitor.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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“This can be a utterly totally different story. They’ve to guage as they did prior to now.”
Requested if he felt Marquez’s overtaking was over the restrict, Mir replied: “He got here into my line, he kicked me out of the monitor to get that place.
“That is one thing in the mean time you can’t do. Or in the event you do, it’s a must to be penalised.”
Marquez felt his penalty was “good for the stewards” and feels Mir “tried to insist” on the brakes in his defence.
“Was precisely the identical scenario as with [Brad] Binder,” the Gresini rider remarked. “Binder overtook me after which I noticed him after which I noticed and choose up the bike.
“I attempt to overtake Mir in a easy means, however then he launched the brakes and go in after which we had the contact. Was my fault however yeah, generally that you must perceive.
“For instance, with Binder I used to be capable of go in and had the contact, however then I do know that I’ll lose not solely with Binder, I may even lose extra positions.
“So generally that you must analyse. However in that case Mir tried to insist and I did not launch the brakes sufficient to overhaul him utterly.
“I take the penalty, one place, was a superb penalty for the stewards nevertheless it was simple to drop a place to Oliveira and are available again from there as properly.”