Yamaha’s Alex🌌 Rins admits there were times during Friday’s MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix practice where he found it “a littl💖e bit hard to breathe”.

The Sp🐷aniard was forced to miss last weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP after developing bronchitis, which meant he 𝔉completed just one session at Misano before withdrawing.

He had recovered enough to be ab🌜le to take part in Friday practice at Mandalika, where he finished 13th and just under two tenths from a Q2 spot.

But Rins admits the hot conditions meant, at times, it w💃as hard for him to breꩵathe still.

“It feels amazing,” he told the 🔥media, including mahbx.com, when asked how it felt to be back on his Yamaha.

“It’s so hard to be at the track an🌌d not riding. But for sไure the condition doesn’t help. This is true.

“It was super warm conditions an🌜d quite tough, but anyway we tried till the end to try to ☂get into Q2. I was missing, I think, two corners that I cannot do in a proper way.

“I need to learn how to do it. I will𝄹 compare the data of F🌱abio [Quartararo] for sure: corner one, corner 10, 11.

“So, for sure keep working, keep going. We did a very✤ important test today with the new chassis🐻. It’s working not bad, I’m quite happy with the improvements.

“I’m feeling 🦹good, physically. For sure, there are laps that it’s a little bit hard to breathe because I’m coming from bronchitis. But I can manage in a good way.”

Di Giannantonio’s physical condition getting him down

VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio says he was “a bit🧸 upset” after Friday’s practice due to his physꦦical condition.

Di Giannantonio could be facing surgery in the next few weeks to fix the left shoulder he dislocꦰated at the Austrian GP having revealed recently that he 🧸is at 80% risk of dislocating it again.

He gritted his teeth through practice in Indonesia and made it into Q2 despite a small crash l൩ate on, but concedes he is struggling physically at Mandalika.  

“It’s the first time since the injury that I’m a bit upset because,💙 physically, I feel the tiredness,” he said.

“So, I could push more. I can feel I can go faster, but I cannot because I get tir♏ed too much.

“Once the left side starts to lose the power, I start to use only the right arm, and then I lose power in the ﷺright arm.

“So, it’s tough. But, apart from this, we’ve been quite fast. So, that’s gooꦯd, I’m happy. So, it’s a balance of emotions today. But overall I think we are in a positive way.”

Di Giannantonio added that the biggest issue facin🐲g him ri🌳ght now with his injury is the fact it has stopped him from training properly, which means he is being sapped of energy quicker on the bike.

“The🌄 thing is that it is already two months that at home I cannot train like I want,” he said.

“I have to train saving energy, savin🃏g mobility for the shoulder.

“So, you are not training properly for Mot🅺oGP. You are just training, but recovering.

“🐬So, over a long period you are losing your physical form.

“So, I’m in a worst physical form and with a little bit of pain it’s getting worse, even if we are recoveri🍒ng the shoulder. So, it’s a bit tough but we ar🍌e not giving up.”