Mir has to ride MotoGP qualifying laps in “unnatural” way

One-lap time attack pace hasn’t been a strong point of the Suzuki, with Mir the first world champion since Wayne Rainey in 1992 to win the title without a pole position last year.

Suzuki’s only pole since it returned to MotoGP in 2015 remains Aleix Espargaro’s top spot in qualifying for that year’s Catalan GP, when he headed a Suzuki 1-2 in front of Maverick Vinales.

In both…