The Spanish alex rins who achieved second place in the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, acknowledged that he finished the race “tired” and the last fight with Australian Jack Miller was “brutal”.
Rins said he had “two huge fears in the first sector, which I don’t know how he did because he was so fast and recovered everything there, but the fight with Jack -Miller- and the final overtake at two corners from finally, clean, became brutal. “
The Suzuki rider said he ended up being “very tired, because of how the race went, with a lot of overtaking, and at first I didn’t think I would be in the top group, because I lost a few positions in the beginning. ., but I gradually picked it up “.
“We’re not big brakers,” Rins said of the Suzuki riders. “It was hard for us and last year we suffered a lot under braking here, but now I feel good, I manage to stop the bike by braking a little more than others, and things work out.” , he highlighted.
“It was very difficult for me to regain all these positions and I never thought I would get to the podium. I slowly asked the front wheel and it allowed me to overtake on turn 11. When I was third, Bastianini pulled. like a monster and I would fall a few times. I tried to be calm and thanks to that I also caught up with Jack who was not easy to overtake because his brakes were super hard. We did it on the penultimate lap. and happy “.
When asked why he didn’t settle for third place, he was clear: “Because we came from third place and we need to improve. Miller is not easy to overtake, because his brakes are strong. I’ve given it my all. in the last two corners “I braked well and I got this second spot which was really nice for us. This is the 500th podium for Suzuki and I am very pleased to have achieved it. “
On what has changed for him this year, he said: “We’ve worked a lot on the mental side this preseason, and also in the gym. The bike has also improved a bit. The engine runs more straight. It’s a host. Of those. thing “.
Source: La Verdad
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