The Suzuki rider had a rather solid weekend and wanted to try to fight at the front again in the race, unfortunately it ended prematurely in a collision.
Alex Rins once again, worked a lot with his team and progressed throughout the weekend. After a first day just outside the top 10 with a twelfth place in FP1 and an eleventh place in FP2, he improved his results on Saturday. Indeed, thanks to his ninth position during FP3, he automatically qualified for Q2. He then finished sixth in FP4, which boded well for qualifying. These were a little worse than expected with the final eleventh place, but the Spanish driver was not more worried than that, knowing he was consistent and capable of getting back into the race.
Unfortunately, he was unable to make more than three turns due to a maneuver by Pol Espargaró which caused his fall. Obviously, Rins was very disappointed when he returned to the box: “I was on my line, and it was really weird because when I changed direction to go into turn three, I found Pol on the inside, on the limit. He hit Andrea [Iannone] before he fell and I fell with him because there was no space to avoid contact. I'm really sad because we worked hard all weekend and it's disappointing to end like this. »
However, he remains positive because he knows he has shown good things since the start of the season. Indeed, even if he totaled five falls, which is a lot, he also won two podiums and a top 5: “The season is going very well, despite the falls at the start of the year. We fought a lot with the leading group and that's good for me and the whole team. We can't wait to come back after the summer break. »
German Grand Prix Sachsenring MotoGP J.3: Standings
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 41'05.019
2 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha +2.196
3 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha +2.776
4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati +3.376
5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati +5.183
6 99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati +5.780
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati +7.941
8 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda +12.711
9 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha +14.428
10 38 Bradley SMITH KTM +21.474
11 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha +25.809
12 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki +25.963
13 53 Tito RABAT Ducati +29.040
14 43 Jack MILLER Ducati +29.325
15 45 Scott REDDING Aprilia +34.123
16 6 Stefan BRADL Honda +38.207
17 12 Thomas LUTHI Honda +49.369
18 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati +1'01.022
19 10 Xavier SIMEON Ducati +1'16.692
Not Classified
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 21 Laps
30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda 26 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
42 Alex RINS Suzuki 0 Laps
44 Pol ESPARGARO KTM 0 Lap
