Joan Mir without crew chief Carchedi, O'Kane to replace
Watch Live Race and all sessions
Watch Replay Race and all sessions
2021 MotoGP Race Calendar,Race Results and Replays
2021 MotoGP Standings
Reigning MotoGP champion Joan Mir will be without his usual crew chief Frankie Carchedi during this weekend’s Portimao round.The Englishman has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now in isolation.The diagnosis was made during pre-travel checks before Carchedi had arrived in Portugal and the rest of the Suzuki team has tested negative. has been told that Carchedi had his first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK before the Qatar test and therefore did not receive the pair of Pfizer vaccinations offered to the paddock in Qatar. Alongside the rest of the Suzuki team, Carchedi had remained in Qatar from the opening test until the second race weekend. Due to quarantine rules in the UK, many British-based paddock members did not travel home during the weekend off between Qatar and Portimao.Carchedi, who is currently understood to be in Andorra, does not have any symptoms at present.Thank you for all the kind messages.It is unfortunate but shows the protocols are working well! I have had the first dose of Astra Zeneca and am sure is a reason i feel well.Good luck @suzukimotogp #room107— Frankie (@frankiecarchedi) April 15, 2021Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Jack Miller avoids social media: ‘It’s better to turn that crap off’accImages.createImage(); Jack Miller avoids social media: ‘It’s better to turn that crap off’Replacing Carchedi this weekend will be the vastly experienced Tom O’Kane, who currently serves as Sylvain Guintoli’s crew chief in the Suzuki test team. The Irishman also previously worked as race team crew chief for Aleix Espargaro.Mir is currently sixth in the world championship, having finished in fourth and sixth places in Qatar.Carchedi’s situation will be assessed again ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.Provisional 2021 MotoGP CalendarRoundDateRaceCircuit128 MarchQatar (Evening race)Losail24 AprilDoha (Evening race)Losail318 AprilPortugalPortimao42 MaySpainJerez516 MayFranceLe Mans630 MayItalyMugello76 JuneCatalunyaBarcelona820 JuneGermanySachsenring927 JuneNetherlandsAssen1011 JulyFinland (Subject to homologation)KymiRing1115 AugustAustriaRed Bull Ring1229 AugustGreat BritainSilverstone1312 SeptemberAragonAragon1419 SeptemberSan Marino e Della Riviera di RiminiMisano153 OctoberJapanMotegi1610 OctoberThailandBuriram1724 OctoberAustraliaPhillip Island1831 OctoberMalaysiaSepang1914 NovemberComunitat ValencianaRicardo TormoPostponed Grands Prix: 11 AprilArgentinaTermas 18 AprilAmericasCOTAReserve Grand Prix Venues: Indonesia (Race delayed until ‘first part of 2022’)Mandalika RussiaIgora Drive2021 Pre-season Tests: 5 MarchQatar Shakedown TestLosail 6-7 MarchQatar Official TestLosail 10-12 MarchQatar Official TestLosailRelated ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Rossi: Hard work ahead, electronic improvement in QataraccImages.createImage(); Rossi: Hard work ahead, electronic improvement in Qatar
For motorsport news follow TRmotosports on social media.
facebook.com/TRmotosports
twitter.com/TRmotosports
instagram.com/trmotosports/
linkedin.com/company/trmotosports-com
