Alex Rins is already taking stock of what will be his short but edifying parenthesis spent at Honda after his longest period at Suzuki since 2017. From his hospital bed, he treated one of these injuries that the RC213V inflicts on his riders more often than not while carving out an official future at Yamaha for 2024. Despite a resounding victory in Austin, the six-time MotoGP winner never had the consideration of his HRC bosses, one of whom broke him the heart …
And the one who deeply disappointed alex rins is a Ken Kawauchi who also comes from the ranks of Suzuki dissolved by a board of directors with a damaging short-sighted accounting. On the subject of the GSX-RR, the two men had developed a sort of complicity. At least, that's what the Spaniard believed, because at Honda, he discovered that the character of the Japanese was just as different and unfathomable from that of the Europeans as their approach to racing and developing a MotoGP...
A real disillusionment that he did not hesitate to express in the columns ofMotorsport. We thus read the words of the one who visibly fell from a height: “ my relationship with Ken so far has been super different from what it was at Suzuki, and very different from what I expected » regrets the pilot LCR-Honda about the man who is now technical director of HRC. “ I don't know if it was Ken's side or Honda's side, but the communication was super bad » sanctions the Spaniard.
Alex Rins: “ with Ken Kawauchi it didn't go at all as I hoped »
« I expected that as we came from Suzuki, where we had been together for many years, to Honda we would also talk to each other, we would also meet each other. It didn't go at all as I hoped. ". A disappointment which made this bitterness already recounted even darker: “ It's not that Honda didn't give me technical support, it was rather a question of lack of confidence, not to rely on myself for development, to no longer believe in myself ", added Kidneys. “ After winning in Texas, everything stayed the same ».
« Since the start of the season, even since the Valencia tests last year, my bike is different from the factory team. Even though it was small things, she was different. In the end, you get used to it, but that's why I decided to sign for Yamaha " finished alex rins.
