Alex Rins had, by his own admission, the worst weekend of his career at the German Grand Prix, despite finishing 10th.
If Fabio Quartararo was very frustrated at the finish of the German GP, his teammate Alex Rins was completely distraught. The tenth position he achieved in Sunday's main race does not reflect his feelings after a weekend spent moving around the bottom of the standings.
Between the five riders who withdrew and the eight others who crashed, the Spaniard managed to stay on his wheels, but at a cost. He finished 39 seconds behind the winner, and 14 seconds behind the rider in front of him. When it came time to take stock, the #42 driver was completely confused and had some strong words.
"Even in my first year as a rookie, or after an injury, I never suffered as much as this weekend. As a rider, I couldn't go any faster. I finished last, 14 seconds behind the second-to-last. For the first three laps, I was behind the two Aprilias of Raúl and Ogura, and I could more or less defend myself with new tires, but as the tires started to wear and they accelerated, I felt useless on the bike, I felt there was nothing more I could do.", he told Motosan.
“I couldn't get any speed in the middle of a corner without losing the rear end, and I couldn't accelerate because I was locked in. I can't understand, and from what Yamaha told me at the meeting, they don't understand either what happened to us this weekend. We had the same problem all three days, in the wet, in the dry, with little grip. We'll have to see what conclusions we draw after this race, after analyzing all the data.”
However, there is no question of Kidneys to give up and admit defeat in the face of the scale of the problem. He wants to find solutions, and hopes to achieve this with Yamaha by the next Grands Prix. "This is definitely not the end. As a pilot, I refuse to let it stop there because it is inexplicable."he assured.
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