Mir taken to hospital after Argentina MotoGP sprint race crash

The new Honda signing has endured a miserable weekend at Rio Hondo so far, ending Friday last on the timesheets and failing to lift himself out of that position in qualifying.

On the opening lap of Saturday’s 12-lap sprint in Argentina, Mir crashed at Turn 7 and was taken to the medical centre for checks.

Initial scans revealed no serious injury on his right ankle, but Mir…