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Yamaha rider Alex Rins ensured both M1s finished in the points at the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, despite a weekend marked by technical challenges and last-minute adjustments. Rins finished 13th, adding three points to his championship tally, but the result was far from satisfying.

After the race, Kidneys spoke about his performance and the difficulties encountered: “ Our pace was a little better than Saturday, but I'm not entirely satisfied with the result. We are like racehorses, we always want to win. » Although he secured a solid ninth place in qualifying, persistent issues with the bike hampered his ambitions of getting closer to the top 10.

The main challenge for the Spanish driver was to warm up your tires quickly, a recurring problem for several races. It took me several laps to get the tires up to temperature. Once that was done, I was able to catch up and do laps in 1'28s, faster than Friday ", he added.

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Alex Rins: “ I pushed so hard on the turns that I ended up destroying my leather suit at the elbow. »

Kidneys also mentioned the difficulty of running the Yamaha in some corners, a situation which led him to damage his racing leather at the elbows. We had trouble getting the bike to turn. I pushed so hard in the turns that I ended up destroying my leather suit at the elbow. ", said Kidneys, emphasizing how hard he had to work to compensate for the machine's shortcomings.

Another key moment of the race was when he found himself right behind his teammate fabio quartararo in the 14th round: " I arrived behind Fabio - I told him I must have woken him up! But I couldn't pass him, my tire was also destroyed " he joked.

alex rins praised the team's efforts to improve the bike after the Sprint Race, but he remains aware that the work to be done is important. We adjusted the settings a bit and improved the handling in some corners like 2 to 3 and 8 to 9. But it was not enough. " he admitted.

With only three races left in the season, alex rins currently occupies 19th place in the ranking MotoGP with 23 points. His best result remains a Ninth place in the Aragon GP. It is clear that Kidneys aims for significant improvements before the end of the 2024 season, but challenges remain Yamaha .

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