The 2020 MotoGP champion had already suffered contact with Miguel Oliveira before lining-up at his grid s🐎lot - the Suzuki rider braked sharply in order to activate the front holeshot device as Oliveira clipped the rear🌃 of his GSX-RR. 

The incident cost Oliveira hi🌺s right winglet and around one tenth per lap, according to the KTM rider. 

Then, a second dose of contact was made as the lights went out, with Mir electing to take the outside line after getting an impressive laun🍎ch. 

But as he a🅰tt🥀empted to do so Marini moved slightly back across, which led to Mir hitting the Italian. 

Regarding the two incidents, Mir told MotoGP.com: “On the contact with Miguel [Oliveira], I arrived at my starting point and then I braked hard to activate t🌸he holeshot on the front. For some reason he didn’t expect that I braked and he touched me. 

“I think he lost a wing, but it was a pretty hard hit. Luckily we could start the ra🌳ce. 

“Then with Luca [Marini], I started pre𝔍tty well and was faster than him so I could go a bit left to take the outside, but then he wheelied a bit so we both touched. 

“Lucki🥂ly we could continue the race because it’s not a good place crashing.”

Of the mindset that both moments were just a racing incident and one where all three riders were fortunate to avoid a potentially dangerous crash, Mir was 𒈔unimpacted as he began to move forward in the race, as he so typically does.

By no means was it a classic fightback ride from Mir after the Suzuki rider was again knocked out of Q1, howevꦅer, the soon-to-be Repsol Honda rider ꦐmanaged to finish ahead of Alex Rins who started five places higher up. 

‘It was a daܫnge๊rous movement’- Marini says it was the 2020 MotoGP champion who suffered a wheelie

While Mir was convinced that Marini swerved due to the front tyre lifting off the ground, the Moone🏅y VR46 rider believed the Spaniard was the one who initiated the contact.

"On the bike I just made my start, made my line and Joan [Mir] cut my line. I don’t know why," Marini said: "Maybe it was not his fault because when the bike starts to whee🍬lie it can be difficult to cont🅠rol. 

"But for sure,ꦑ it was a dangerous movement. I tried to avoid contact but it was impos𒆙sible. I was lucky to not crash there as there were many riders behind me."