MotoGP champion Mir’s crew chief out of Portimao round with COVID

Englishman Carchedi has worked with Mir since the Spaniard’s debut in MotoGP in 2019, with the pair winning the world championship last season.

Mir will be without his right-hand man for this weekend’s third round of the 2021 season in Portugal after Carchedi failed a pre-travel COVID test.

Carchedi has gone into isolation in Andorra and will be out for the entire weekend, though…