MotoGP San Marino Misano J3: third retirement due to fall for Álex Rins

It seems like a trademark: with Álex Rins, you have to expect the best and the worst. Certainly, the Suzuki official claims, after thirteen rounds this season, no less than two victories brought back to Suzuki. But he also regrets three retirements due to falls. Two weeks after his success at Silverstone, the Spaniard ruined all this good work in the championship at Misano, where he made a mistake like at Assen and at the Sachsenring. For third place in the general classification, everything has to be done again…

Alex Rins did not achieve success Misano who received the San Marino Grand Prix, thirteenth round of the MotoGP championship this season. Barely qualified in the top 10, the official Suzuki hoped to do it again Silverstone. But this time there was no climb to the top, opening up the opportunity for success. On the contrary, everything ended prematurely with a fall, after having stumbled for a long time on a Pol Espargaro on fire on a KTM who didn't want to surrender...

« I wanted to push because I had already spent a lot of time behind Pol Espargaró » explained the teammate of a Joan mir who will place eighth. “ I lost control of the front wheel. I didn't brake enough because I wanted to go through the corner at high speed. It's a shame, even for the championship. I could have finished sixth. »

« I must continue. The next races should be good for us. These are long routes which are now on the calendar. We had some grip problems at Misano. Additionally, the KTM was pretty good on braking and acceleration. Therefore, it was difficult to overtake Pol. » It will be recalled that before his fall, the officials had sanctioned Kidneys of a “long lap”. A punishment that he did not give himself the opportunity to honor…

MotoGP San Marino Misano J3: race classification

1	93	Marc MÁRQUEZ	Honda	42'25.163
2	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	+0.903
3	12	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	+1.636
4	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	+12.660
5	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	+12.774
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	+13.744
7	44	Pol ESPARGARÓ	KTM	+20.050
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	+22.512
9	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	+26.554
10	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	+31.456
11	5	johann zarco	KTM	+32.388
12	41	Aleix ESPARGARÓ	Aprilia	+34.477
13	53	Tito RABAT	Ducati	+35.325
14	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	+47.247
15	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM	+ 1'02.280
16	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	+ 1'07.831
17	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	+ 1'24.666
18	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1 laps
		Not Classified
	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	5 lapses
	51	Michael PIRRO	Ducati	6 lapses
	42	Alex RINS	Suzuki	12 lapses
	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	16 lapses