The Spanish alex rinses (Honda RC 213 V) was highly critical of what he considered Honda’s inexplicable decision when it came to having a new chassis designed by German engineering company Kalex for official Honda riders.
“What I can say is that we have the bike we have and we have to give the maximum in this configuration. You have to ask Honda if they will give it to me or not -the chassis-, but we had a meeting with Lucio – Cecchinello- and Alberto -Puig- at Le Mans to see when they will take it, when they will give it to me to test and what Honda’s intentions are,” explained Alex Rins.
“Alberto, at first, told me maybe on Saturday, then he told me that he won’t have the chance to test it there, and he will come. Now when I arrive, I ask my team if we have a chassis of Kalex to try and they told me said: “No, no, it won’t come here,” says the critic Rins.
“So, that’s over. You turn it around and I, as the driver, keep insisting, asking… It’s simple: either yes or no. Right? Well, try to give the maximum with what I have, search of good promise for this circuit, which is not easy, and we will see what we can do”, continued the Honda driver, the only winner of this brand so far in the 2023 season.
Alex Rins was clear in stating: “Of course I like the chassis, in the end it’s not a matter of getting angry or not. In these last two grand prix, four and five weeks ago, the stress that I experienced on a mental and physical level was very big since in the end you are struggling, you see that you have potential, that you can give much more on the track, but you see yourself limited because you see that you are not improving, that you are slow”.
“It was tough, but in the end it’s what we have. We can’t focus and focus on a simple fact. I’ll say it again, Mugello is a track that I like, it’s a fast track, with high-speed corners. So we’ll see” explains Rins.
“This morning I was talking to the team and they told me that they are studying the information, analyzing, and possibly there are different set-ups that they want to try with me. And I am open to trying it”, admitted Alex Rins, although he quickly blurted out that “if they tell me they put the rear wheel in front of me I say no”.
“For tomorrow, our setup is different from one bike to another; it’s something we’ve tried in previous races. We started there and for the Sachsenring maybe we’ll try something else, but here it’s difficult to try three different things. in such a short time,” he lamented. Rins, who clarified that here he has “a motorcycle very similar to Austin, because the circuit is similar.”
“That’s my base bike, not because I won there, but because it’s the bike I’ve ridden the most, although it’s true that from one circuit to another the bikes change overnight,” explained Rins, who again he regretted. fact of “arriving here and that they didn’t give me the possibility – to have a chassis – but after France in my mind was the fact that there were three weeks ahead, and that I could get it in Mugello, but I’ve already arrived here and they didn’t give me a chance.”
“I have not talked with Honda, nor with Lucio, I have a meeting with my technician and that’s it. He told me not and I’m going to think about it anymore,” Alex Rins said in annoyance, saying that jokingly. he is “suspended until further notice”
Source: La Verdad
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