Having completed his first MotoGP event since May at Mandalika, Alex Rins’ recovery took a step back when he was forced to withdraw from this weekend’s Australian round.
Alex Rins has admitted he thought Marc Marquez was ‘playing a little bit with us’ when rumours first emerged of an early MotoGP split from Repsol Honda.
As speculation intensifies over who will be replace Marc Marquez at the Repsol Honda MotoGP team next season, Johann Zarco is one of the obvious contenders.
Absent since fracturing his right tibia and fibula at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been passed fit to make a MotoGP return for LCR Honda at Motegi this weekend.
Increased Honda support could have made it a harder decision but Alex Rins switching from the satellite LCR team to the factory Yamaha MotoGP project for 2024 wasn’t a surprise for Simon Crafar.
Returning to the MotoGP paddock for the first time since fracturing his right tibia and fibula in May, Alex Rins gave an update on his injuries in Austria.
With Alex Rins absent since May’s leg-breaking accident at Mugello, LCR Honda team-mate Takaaki Nakagami heard about the Spaniard’s 2024 switch to the factory Yamaha MotoGP team at the same time as everyone else.
Joan Mir feels former team-mate Alex Rins’ switch to the factory Yamaha team ‘will probably be good for him’ but insists he still believes in Honda’s MotoGP project.
While much attention was focussed on the new Kalex chassis, LCR riders Alex Rins and Takaaki Nakagami ran through a range of Honda aerodynamic options during Monday’s Jerez MotoGP test.