Alex Rins’ day was definitely one of excitement. In addition to the constant decoding of the conditions of the route, The Spanish driver is at odds with Marc Marquez. Start a battle like in the past. For his part, Alex does not crush words and openly says what he thinks.
“It’s not the first time he’s acted like this. Everyone knows Marquez. He’s really talented, but he did the same with Vinales in FP1. Trying to get into the minds of the other drivershe said controversially. “But I’m very calm. If I were to fight for the title with him, I could try moves like that, but that’s not the case and I don’t know why he’s doing this to me. Maybe he’s scared (ed. he laughed). “
N.42 then explained in detail how things went from his point of view.
“There is no doubt that it is progress for everyone, however He has no respect for the other drivers. He went far at turn five and Miller and I were behind him. He saw Jack walk past him and then come back on the track and to be honest he got in my way. I pushed even though I wasn’t very fast, “he continued.” So I made my line on the next left turn. He left a room and I went in and touched him, but I think the contact is his fault. If I had been in his place, I would have let both of them happen. I don’t think I’m like him. “
Since then, Suzuki’s Spanish driver has been explaining his reasons The argument then continued for a moment in the pit lane.
“If you drive slowly, you have to make room for the others. Later he really broke away on the last corner to get past me and when we entered the pits I was in front of him and he had no room to pass. In this caseI would have turned off the throttle since we were in the pit lane. “
But there is also talk the sixth position received. An encouraging result for the race.
“I’m starting in sixth and that’s positive. Our pace is good in all conditions, so I want to have fun. The choice of tire during the lap was not easy. First, I hit the track with a middle couple. It was not easy to understand whether the slicks could really be the best choice, but the result satisfied me. “
Alex’s feelings on the bike were good, also thanks to the new cladding that was previously carried out by the test team by Sylvain Guintoli.
“Thanks to him we were able to use the new fairing yesterday. We had planned to try the tests on Monday, but Sylvain shared his good feelings with me after the Motegi tests and I decided to give it a try over the weekend. “
Audio recorded by Paolo Scalera