Rins will also not compete in the Catalunya GP

The Valencian is going for the third Grand Prix in a row Iker Lecuona, rider of the official Honda team in the Superbike World Championship, will cover the loss of alex rinses at LCR Honda Castrol, Lucio Cecchinello’s team confirmed.

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Although Rins, the rider who gave Honda its only victory, in Austin, is making “solid progress” in his recovery from a very serious injury to his right leg, with fractures to the tibia and fibula after his heavy fall in the Sprint of Mugello, requiring two operations, is not yet ready to return to competition and is missing his fifth straight GP through injury, to add to Sunday’s race in Italy.

Two weeks ago, the man from Barcelona returned to the paddock at the Red Bull Ring to visit his team and also addressed the press explaining what his condition was. Speaking to his sponsor Estrella Galicia 0,0, Rins explained that «physically I feel fine, I still have a little pain in my right leg, but little by little, I feel the improvement. We tried to do it in the best possible way, working to the maximum every day to get back, which is the main goal. Yesterday I even rode the bike with my overalls on and the truth is that I feel a lot of pain. I have almost no strength in my legs and I feel a lot of holes, so for now, it’s time to continue to see what happens.”

Around this time, it also became official that in 2024 Rins would become an official Yamaha rider, giving up a second year at LCR Honda. · I can say that I am really looking forward to it, because it is a new project with the factory, but there are still many races to go this year, so the main goal is to recover to get back on track as soon as possible. Whether my style suits the Yamaha is a question I won’t know until next year. I think it’s a very good bike, Fabio has shown it [Quartararo]So I will do everything to fix it.”

In Misano, Iker cannot replace Alex

For the Valencian rider, this will be his fifth race of the season in the MotoGP World Championship after competing in the colors of Repsol Honda to cover the loss of Marc Márquez in Jerez and Joan Mir in Assen and in the colors of LCR Honda Castrol in Silverstone, Red Bull Ring and now Catalunya. If Rins’ loss continues for Misano, next week’s GP, Honda will not be able to count on the Valencian to cover the loss as the Superbike World Championship continues on September 8-10 with the French round at Magny-Courses.