MotoGP | Rins: “Disappointed, but I’m not desperately looking for tows”

From a pole that seemed almost announced, to an almost surreal tenth place if you consider the potential shown by Suzuki during the first 4 free practice sessions of the 2022 MotoGP season which took place on the Losail track, in Qatar.

Alex Rins, driver of the House of Hamamatsu, did not go beyond the tenth time. A real disappointment, especially for the great potential shown – perhaps even only partially – by the GSX-RR. The first to have expressed disappointment was the Catalan, immediately ready to underline what was the main source of trouble for the team now headed by Livio Suppo.

“Q2 had an unexpected result. My tenth position and Joan’s eighth was certainly not what we wanted. I thought we could do first and second rows. The problem is that we didn’t have good traction out of corners and the engineers. they’re working on it. “

“I’m tenth, but 4 tenths from pole. It’s nothing, just a bike away, so in the end we have a little more speed on the straight which will help us to maintain our position and not lose it as we did before. Now we have to analyze what happened and prepare for the race “.

Rins has probably opened the first controversy of the new season as regards the sporting aspect and strictly linked to the behavior of the drivers on the track. The Barcelona native argued that his time was achieved without the help of towing from other drivers. Other colleagues of his, on the other hand, took advantage of his lap precisely to finalize a very competitive time attack.

“Honestly, I don’t know how the other riders did their times. What is certain is that we have been towing drivers like Aleix Espargarò and Enea Bastianini, who are fifth and second. I prefer to go out on the track alone doing my job. , rather than desperately looking for a draw. We do what we have to do and at that point the result comes out. “

“We expected a much better result in Q2, but we’re not that far off. Of course, I’m not happy, but we’re not 1” 5 from the lead like we were last year. We have a good pace, I couldn’t show it in Free 4 because we were trying some things on the bike, but we have pace and we just have to decide which tire to face the race with. “

Finally, Rins also wanted to say a few words for Suzuki’s new team principal, Livio Suppo. A brief consideration, few words, but full of meaning: “I’m happy with Suppo’s arrival. He told us little things, little tips that we were missing”.