Álex Rins and his Suzuki are masters in the art of being forgotten at the start of a Grand Prix. But we must not forget that the duo has two victories this season. The last of which dates back to Silverstone, which was the meeting before that of San Marino. Therefore, not yet seeing the 23-year-old Spaniard in the top 10 should not lead us to underestimate him…
With Alex Rins, we learn not to draw hasty conclusions about our performances at the start of the meeting. Because although discreet on Friday, he happens to find himself at the top of the podium on Sunday... A scenario like Silverstone who could see each other again Misano. The Suzuki official is therefore not yet in the top 10 of this thirteenth meeting of the year. But listening to him, there's nothing to worry about...
The current eleventh in the hierarchy explains: “ we worked a lot with worn tires and did a lot of laps » assures the third in the championship. “ In the second session we tested how the Suzuki and the tires performed in very high temperatures on the track. We learned a lot today. At the moment I am not qualified for Q2, but that was not my goal. I preferred to work differently on Friday.».
So we wait for the sequel. Remembering all the same that during the two days of testing on this same route of Misano two weeks earlier, the Suzuki had not shown itself to be more comfortable than that…
MotoGP San Marino Misano J1: FP2 times
| 1 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'32.775 | ||
| 2 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 1'32.832 | 0.057 | 0.057 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 1'33.171 | 0.396 | 0.339 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'33.470 | 0.695 | 0.299 |
| 5 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 1'33.524 | 0.749 | 0.054 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 1'33.624 | 0.849 | 0.100 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'33.728 | 0.953 | 0.104 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'33.826 | 1.051 | 0.098 |
| 9 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 1'33.874 | 1.099 | 0.048 |
| 10 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'33.907 | 1.132 | 0.033 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 1'33.950 | 1.175 | 0.043 |
| 12 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 1'33.956 | 1.181 | 0.006 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'33.998 | 1.223 | 0.042 |
| 14 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'34.003 | 1.228 | 0.005 |
| 15 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | 1'34.062 | 1.287 | 0.059 |
| 16 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'34.070 | 1.295 | 0.008 |
| 17 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Honda | 1'34.139 | 1.364 | 0.069 |
| 18 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'34.206 | 1.431 | 0.067 |
| 19 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'34.229 | 1.454 | 0.023 |
| 20 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 1'34.362 | 1.587 | 0.133 |
| 21 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'34.381 | 1.606 | 0.019 |
| 22 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'34.843 | 2.068 | 0.462 |
| 23 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 1'34.935 | 2.160 | 0.092 |
