Mir was “scared” when Suzuki blew up in COTA MotoGP practice

The reigning world champion’s GSX-RR blew up as he tried to accelerate out of Turn 11 early in FP4 on Saturday, bringing him to a sudden halt and close to a collision with KTM’s Miguel Oliveira who was directly behind.
Mir was able to get back on track on his second bike and went on to qualify eighth, but admits he doesn’t know yet what failed on his Suzuki and was scared at that …Keep reading