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GP de Valence MotoGP – Rins (4th): "We have made progress in each session"

Analyzes - MotoGP Valencia GP - Rins (4th): & quot; We made progress in each session & quot; -

Alex Rins waited until the final in Valencia to post his best result of the entire 2017 MotoGP season. This fourth place ahead of Rossi, like the sixth position for Andrea Iannone, illustrates the progress of the Suzuki. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Alex Rins, Suzuki Ecstar (10th in qualifying, 4th in race, 16th in the championship) : "Overall it was a good weekend. We made progress in each session and we qualified directly in Q2. In qualifying I hoped to get a better position, but otherwise it went well. We had a good pace in the warm-up and and I was convinced I could have a good race, at the start I made a mistake and lost places, so I had to attack on the first lap to try to come back. I think that’s a good way to end the season. Now I’m thinking of training on Tuesday to start working for next year. ".

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MNC analysis : The rookie Alex Rins signs a spectacular progression during this second part of the season with two Top 8 (and), a fifth place in and to conclude a splendid fourth position yesterday in dry ahead of Valentino Rossi. Just that !

Despite five white results – mostly due to injury packages – the 21-year-old Spaniard finished in 16th place in the world championship, 11 points behind his experienced teammate Andrea Iannone (13th with 70 pts).

Analyzes - MotoGP Valencia GP - Rins (4th): & quot; We made progress in each session & quot; -

Alex Rins’ first laps in the premier class did not go well as he broke two vertebrae during his first tests on the GSX-RR in Valence last year. A painful injury on a physical level, but also mentally: "I was a little afraid", he admits … and how to blame him after such a first contact !

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However, the n ° 42 has the answer and proved it by finishing his very first race at. A correct position for a rookie, especially considering that his teammate Iannone started at the same time his long crossing of the desert at Suzuki with a first white result..

Unfortunately, fate hangs over Alex Rins who breaks his foot during a practice just before the second round in. Forced to forfeit, the young Barcelona boy made his return to, the scene of the third race of the season during which he broke his arm and damaged his hand during practice! Re-package, re-hospital…

"The year I broke the most things"

"It’s been a very difficult season," admits the young man, third in the 2016 Moto2 championship. "I think this is the year where I broke the most things!", He tries to joke while his bike was entrusted to the Japanese test rider Takuya Tsuda in Jerez, then to the French Sylvain Guintoli during the following three rounds (, and).

Analyzes - MotoGP Valencia GP - Rins (4th): & quot; We made progress in each session & quot; -

Back during post-race practice at, Alex Rins gradually regained his marks before signing 11th place in, then his second entry in the Top 10 at. Lucid, the Spaniard believes he still has a significant margin of progress, if only by improving his position…

“I’m trying to adapt my body and my riding style to this bike. It’s quite different from Moto2. We have a big discussion with the team because they say I ride like a giraffe, with the head held high! ", laughs this serious and diligent pilot who is delighted to have overcome his painful beginnings:" the good thing is that now I feel strong ". Enough in any case to beat Rossi in Valencia !

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"My goal is to try to arrive well prepared for next year", projects Alex Rins who is all the more deserving as his teammate Andrea Iannone is not particularly of great use to him to help him progress faster. On the contrary, even ?

The question deserves to be raised in view of the very disappointing results of the Ducati defector, uncomfortable since his first laps on the GSX-RR. Suzuki admitted to having taken the wrong direction on the chassis following a test in which only Iannone participated while Rins was dressing his injuries..

Hopefully Iannone will confirm next year his progress seen at the end of the season with his fourth place in Japan, then by these sixth places in Australia and Valencia….

General classification of the MotoGP World Championship 2017

  1. Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA (298 points)
  2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA (261 points)
  3. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA (230 points)
  4. Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA (210 points)
  5. Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA (208 points)
  6. Johann ZARCO Yamaha FRA (174 points)
  7. Jorge LORENZO Ducati SPA (137 points)
  8. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA (124 points)
  9. Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR (112 points)
  10. Jonas FOLGER Yamaha GER (84 points)
  11. Jack MILLER Honda AUS (82 points)
  12. Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati SPA (75 points)
  13. Andrea IANNONE Suzuki ITA (70 points)
  14. Scott REDDING Ducati GBR (64 points)
  15. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia SPA (62 points)
  16. Alex RINS Suzuki SPA (59 points)
  17. Pol ESPARGARO KTM SPA (55 points)
  18. Loris BAZ Ducati FRA (45 points)
  19. Tito RABAT Honda SPA (35 points)
  20. Karel ABRAHAM Ducati CZE (32 points)
  21. Bradley SMITH KTM GBR (29 points)
  22. Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA (28 points)
  23. Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA (25 points)
  24. Mika KALLIO KTM FIN (11 points)
  25. Sam LOWES Aprilia GBR (5 points)
  26. Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha JPN (4 points)
  27. Sylvain GUINTOLI Suzuki FRA (1 point)
  28. Michael VAN DER MARK Yamaha NED
  29. Takuya TSUDA Suzuki JPN
  30. Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN
  31. Broc PARKES Yamaha AUS

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