news: Mir penalised for hit with Miller

Jack Miller addresses Joan Mir on the cool down lap. Picture: MotoGP television world feed

Joan Mir has been penalised one position for contact with Jack Miller on the final lap of MotoGP’s Grand Prix of the Americas.

The sanction means that Mir and Miller swap seventh and eighth positions in the 15th race of the season, at the Circuit of The Americas.

The Suzuki rider had dived at #43 at Turn 15 in a late battle for sixth position, with the hit taking both wide and allowing Enea Bastianini to pinch the spot.

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Stewards deemed it ‘irresponsible riding’ on the part of Mir, who has history with Miller.

The Ducati rider was seen expressing his anger at Mir on the cool down lap, after a topsy-turvy weekend.

Miller had vented his fury after what he implied was an issue with one of his tyres after qualifying only 10th, before Michelin suggested it was the rider who was in fact in the wrong for being too slow on his preceding out lap.

The Queenslander charged to as high as fourth in the 20-lap race but was fading when Mir came at him on the final lap.

Miller did at least make life easier for championship-contending team-mate Francesco Bagnaia in his pursuit of a podium, letting the Italian past on Lap 13.

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Race results: Americas MotoGP Updated

Pos	Num	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time/Gap
1	93	Marc MARQUEZ	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	41:41.435
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+4.679
3	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	+8.547
4	42	Alex RINS	ESP	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+11.098
5	89	Jorge MARTIN	ESP	Pramac Racing	Ducati	+11.752
6	23	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	+13.269
7	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	+14.722
8	36	Joan MIR	ESP	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+13.406
9	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+15.832
10	44	Pol ESPARGARO	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+20.265
11	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+23.055
12	73	Alex MARQUEZ	ESP	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	+24.743
13	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	+25.307
14	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	+26.853
15	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	+28.055
16	27	Iker LECUONA	ESP	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+30.989
17	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	+35.251
18	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+42.239
19	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+49.854
DNF	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	ESP	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	12 Laps
DNF	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	15 Laps

Race winner: 20 laps

Championship points Updated

Pos	Rider	Nat	Pts
1	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	254
2	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	202
3	Joan MIR	ESP	175
4	Jack MILLER	AUS	149
5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	141
6	Brad BINDER	RSA	131
7	Marc MARQUEZ	ESP	117
8	Aleix ESPARGARO	ESP	104
9	Maverick VIÑALES	ESP	98
10	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	92
11	Jorge MARTIN	ESP	82
12	Alex RINS	ESP	81
13	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	71
14	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	70
15	Pol ESPARGARO	ESP	70
16	Alex MARQUEZ	ESP	54
17	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	40
18	Iker LECUONA	ESP	38
19	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	37
20	Luca MARINI	ITA	30
21	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	29
22	Stefan BRADL	GER	13
23	Michele PIRRO	ITA	8
24	Dani PEDROSA	ESP	6
25	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	4
26	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	3
27	Tito RABAT	ESP	1
28	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR
29	Garrett GERLOFF	USA
30	Jake DIXON	GBR