Alex Rins says he is happy with the progress he made on the Yamaha MotoGP bike in 2024 but adm🌼its further steps can’t come from copyin🦄g Fabio Quartararo’s set-up.

The six-time grand prix winner stepped from Honda to Yamaha for the 2024 season, marking his third different man𝔍ufacturer in as many years havin✤g also raced with Suzuki in 2022.

An injury-hit season hindered Rins’ first year on the M1, but towards the end of the campaign he began to make progres▨s, with a best result of eighth coming at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Reflecting on his first season with Yamaha, Rins feels being pai൩redไ with 2021 world champion Quartararo has been good for both riders.

He also feels like his advice about bike development has been heeded, but notes that his next steps on the M1 can’t come from copying Quartararo’s settings because “I’m not fast” w💜hen he does.

“In the end, the good thing about♔ having Fabio - for me, and I think it’s the same with him - is that we push each other,” he said.

“When I’m faster than him, he tries to give a little bit more to be faster t🐭han me.

“When he’s faster th🐷an me, I’m trying to give a little bit more to be faster than him.

“The real difference between him and me is the bike. We are two talented riders. He’s in Yamaꦗ꧂ha since 2019, so this bike is for him.

“I need to do my own bike right now. This year it was a little bit hard to do this bec💛ause as Yamaha knows I was coming from another team and it takes more times.

“But I’m happy because ﷽I gave my point of view and th⛦ey were listening to me.

“It’s clear that we canno🌄t use the same set-up. When I try to use his set-up I’m not fast. We have two different riding styles.

“So, it just takes time for me and my 𒁏team to understand.

“And when your bike is not at 100% compared to the other ones, this is even more difficult. So, I’m happy with my progression and I think Yamaha🏅 is too.”

While resul🔥ts may𓄧 have been lacking in 2024 for Rins, he says the year was “always special”.

“Not easy, but always special because you look back, you look on the progression and how the season was, from the first race, for the first time I jumped on thಞe Yamaha,” he added.

“And for sure it w𓆉as a season with many ups and downs.

“If I need to say if I’m happy or not with my progression, with 🐎my work that I did in Yamaha, I’m quite happy because I was able to improve the bike.

“I was able to br꧙ing my experience, they heard me an🌳d we are working together in a good way.

“The pro🎃gression and the adaptation on the bike was quite good, qui⛦te fast.

“Then in the mid🌞dle of the season I was ♒struggling because I was injured in Assen.

“And then this one takes away some conf🎐idence. It took me some races to stay on my full level. But I’m so happy fo🍌r how I improved the bike.”