Just before he prepares to meet the test riders and the MotoGP rookie who start the MotoGP season at Sepang with track temperatures of more than 44°, Alex Rins went to test the ice with the two French F1 drivers, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.
The two Alpine drivers are not known to be friends, but it was Castrol who brought them together in Sweden, inviting them along the way. álex Kidneys which will ride this year in the colors of the British oil manufacturer at LCR Honda.
This happened in Sweden, with the advice ofOliver Solberg and as part of LapLand Ice Driving, a French structure which, among other things, recreates each year in real size the routes of 5 international circuits on a frozen lake to run sports cars: Paul Ricard, Nürburgring, Silverstone, Yas Marina and …Sepang!
It was not specified whether álex Kidneys used the clone of the Malaysian circuit that now hosts the MotoGP Shakedown, but the coincidence is quite amusing.
