The Suzuki rider arrived at the Barcelona Grand Prix very motivated by the idea of achieving a good result at home, for his home race. Unfortunately the weekend was more complicated than expected.
Alex Rins had a difficult Catalan Grand Prix, and never managed to be at the front. First seventeenth in FP1, he then finished sixteenth in FP2 and twentieth in FP3. Not automatically qualified for Q2, he achieved better FP4 without really being close to the leading men since he finished fourteenth just over a second behind.
During Q1, he failed to progress to Q2 and had to settle for fifteenth place on the grid. He regained the same place during the Warm Up on Sunday morning, and therefore knew that the race was going to be complicated.
The Spaniard got off to a good start and was able to recover positions in the first laps, but very quickly his bike behaved strangely, and he finally had to retire due to a technical problem: “The race was difficult from the start. Then from the fifth lap I started to feel something wrong on the bike, and it got worse so I decided to pit on the ninth lap, and it seemed to be an electrical problem. »
Not counting this problem, he has never managed to be fast on this circuit which he knows very well: “It was a weird weekend, because on Friday and Saturday the race pace was good, but I was missing something when I was trying to do a fast lap. »
This retirement is in addition to the three falls he has recorded since the start of the season. His four clean results are, however, offset by his podium in Argentina, his top 10 at Le Mans and his top 5 at Mugello, enough to remain optimistic: “We take the positive, and reflect on the negative in order to know how to change and progress. I would like to return to the front in Assen and I hope to have a good weekend there. »
Race ranking:
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 165.6 40'13.566
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 165.3 +4.479
3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 165.2 +6.098
4 13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 164.9 +9.805
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 164.9 +10.640
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 164.8 +10.798
7 9 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.7 +13.432
8 8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 164.6 +15.055
9 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 164.1 +22.057
10 6 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 163.9 +24.141
11 5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 163.1 +36.560
12 4 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 163.0 +38.229
13 3 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 160.2 +1'21.526
14 2 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 139.1 3 Tours
Unclassified
55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.3 4 Tours
53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 164.3 6 Tours
43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 164.3 7 Tours
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 162.8 11 Tours
30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 162.8 11 Tours
42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.9 13 Tours
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 16 Tours
10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 160.4 17 Tours
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 161.1 20 Tours
12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 159.1 21 Tours
50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 155.5 22 Tours
Did not finish the 1st round
36 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0 Tour
