Japanese GP – Rins (5th): "The bike worked well in the wet"

Alex Rins finished the 2017 Japanese Grand Prix in a splendid fifth place behind the GSX-RR of his teammate, Andrea Iannone. A major performance for the young Spaniard, author of a promising progression in the last four races. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Alex Rins, Suzuki (10th in qualifying and 5th in race): "It’s a fantastic result and the bike worked well throughout the weekend on the wet track. To be honest, I was starting quite a distance away because in the first corner I got pushed and lost quite a bit. ground".

"I found myself in fifteenth position and it took me a while to come back. In the end I finished fifth, so I’m very happy. I also had trouble passing Johann (Zarco, Editor’s note) but the conditions n ‘were really not obvious. I learned so much this Sunday ".

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Site analysis: Alex Rins marks with a splendid 5th place in Japan his progress observed on the Suzuki handlebars. After his 9th place in and his 8th in, the young 21-year-old Spaniard entered the Top 10 for the third time in four races: not bad at all for a beginner, especially on his employer’s national circuit. !

Like his teammate Andrea Iannone, who precedes him at the finish line, Alex Rins took advantage of the dire conditions of this Japanese Grand Prix to finally make the GSX-RR shine. Even if the fall of Rossi, the abandonment of Pedrosa and Crutchlow and the poor performance of Zarco (8th) or Viñales (9th) also favored his access to the outposts !

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The fact remains that Rins finished just ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and his official Ducati, a bike with which the Mallorcan teammate – Andrea Dovizioso – won the Japanese GP after fighting tooth and nail in the rain against Marquez! An obviously flattering result for the Barcelona – now 18th in the provisional -, whose start to the season was heavily .

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