On the podium at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix, alex rins continued its good streak with the Suzuki in Australia. The teammate of a Iannone second at Phillip Island was in fact in the leading group and claimed the scalp of Valentino Rossi at the end of the race to ensure a top 5. Not bad, but the Spaniard thinks he could have done better if he had shown his fangs a little more…
The Suzuki rider alex rins finished fifth in the MotoGP race in Australia. But this result leaves him with a taste of unfinished business. “ It was an interesting ride, I learned a lot “, summed up the Suzuki factory rider. “ At the beginning, I felt good in the leading group, but when a rider, in this case Maverick Viñales, hit the back of my bike, we lost all chances. I also lost the lead and a lot of time with Jack Miller to overtake him ».
He pursues : " This is racing, we have to learn to be more aggressive and fight more,” said the 22-year-old driver. “We have to focus on the positive, we beat Valentino Rossi and we fought very well ». Kidneys only triumphed over his illustrious elder in the last round.
For the penultimate confrontation of the season, the Spaniard is confident. “ We are ready for Malaysia, it's a good track for us. I had a crash last year, but overall we did a good job there ", said Kidneys. " We are now at a good level ».
In the championship standings, the Suzuki rider occupies 10th place, one point behind Jorge Lorenzo, who was unable to compete in Australia due to a wrist injury.
Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island, MotoGP, J.3: classification.
| 1 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 40'51.081 |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | +1.543 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | +1.832 |
| 4 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | +4.072 |
| 5 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | +5.017 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +5.132 |
| 7 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | +6.756 |
| 8 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | +21.805 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | +22.904 |
| 10 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | +22.940 |
| 11 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | +34.386 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +35.025 |
| 13 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | +36.348 |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | +36.389 |
| 15 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | +44.214 |
| 16 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | +48.226 |
| 17 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Ducati | + 1'04.965 |
| 18 | 7 | Mike JONES | Ducati | + 1'19.817 |
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| 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 5 lapses | |
| 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 9 lapses | |
| 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 16 lapses | |
| 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 22 lapses | |
| 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 22 lapses |
