Alex Rins will undoubtedly be one to watch closely this Sunday during the Portuguese Grand Prix race. Because this time, he is in the front row on the starting grid, and he will not be condemned to a comeback which is the tradition when you are a Suzuki rider. The Spaniard has reason to rejoice and yet, listening to him, he is very cautious about what awaits him...
alex rins will start second Portuguese Grand Prix, third round of the MotoGP world championship. With her Suzuki spinning in the turns, it will not need to prematurely consume its tires in a crazy climb. The kind that his teammate will have to accomplish Joan mir, only ninth. However, we still have to get going. And we know that in terms of starting assistance, the GSX-RR is not the best equipped…
The Spaniard finds himself between the Yamaha of Quartararo and the Ducati of zarco, two motorcycles a priori more successful in the assisted takeoff procedure. He comments: “ we started working well since Friday and on Saturday we saw the results. I am very happy with this result, especially considering the difficulties often encountered during qualifying. The first line is very important, but I'm sure it won't be easy to stay ahead anyway ».
Alex Rins: “it will be a difficult race”
For the upcoming race, we will have to get off to a good start and keep pace with the best. “ It will be a difficult race, mainly against the Yamahas and the Ducatis, where I will have to work as well as possible with the tires. The first thing to understand will be the pace of my rivals, Quartararo in the first place, and to get off to a good start. I'm sure we'll have fun, but it won't be easy ».
He finishes : " if the temperature remains that of this Saturday, I think that the mediums are the best solution for the race, as I was able to understand in FP4. If, on the other hand, the temperature changes, I will probably have to change strategy ».
MotoGP Portugal J2: qualifying
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