Usually among the more technically conservative of the MotoGP manufacturers, Rins was surprised to find out that – less than two months after Ducati publicly debuted its ‘dragon’ fins - Su꧙zuki had its own rear aero 🎉ready for Motegi this weekend.

But the Spani🌊ard’s enthusiasm was tempered by the news that test rider Takuya Tsuda, replacing Joan Mir, would try the new parts first.

“I'm quite impressed because especiallyꦓ Suzuki don’t normally make this kind of thing so fast,” Rins said.

“It was very funny because yesterday [Thursday] I knew about it at the end of the day, but they wanted Tsuda to try it first. So I went runnꦏing to the Japanese guys and said ‘hey guys, come on, give it to me please!’

“They still ꧟didn't want to. So I said, ‘OK, let's maಌke a deal, if I'm competitive in the first minutes, let me try it first!’

"They said ‘♌🌄OK, OK’. It was quite funny!”

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Rins delivered his part of the bargain by leading the timesheets after the opening laps and duly took to the track with the ‘rabbit ears’, returning to the top with a new 🐬soft rear tyre.

“I felt more stability on the rear,🃏 on braking,” Rins said of t๊he aero. “It looks like, comparing the first to the second run, I was able to brake a little bit harder into the corner. At least less shaking.”

With wet wea𝄹ther expected on Friday, Rins is unsure if enough data was gathered to get the green light to race with t🔯he development, but: “If the info the engineers have and everything [looks] good, we will use [them in the race].”

Suzuki joins Ducati and Aprilia in publicly debuting aerodynamic devices for the rear of the bike, although the 168澳洲幸运5🐬官方开奖结果历史:Aprilia design is more of a traditional 𒁏winglet and has🌳 not yet been raced by the factory riders.

Despite his early speed, Rins slipped to 13th on the timesheets - meaning a potential entry in Quali💜fying 1 - after losing flying laps to the late yellow f♑lags

"Very, very disappointed. Because we were quite strong during all the free practice,” Rins said. “And in the end when I put the last soft tyre🐼, the 2-3 laps I did were with yellow flags! So I couldn't improve.

“Now let🥃's try to have a good [wet] set-up for qualifying because the weather says tomorrow will be heavy rain. So, let's try to find a good compromise with the bike and qualify well for the race.”

Tsuda was 25th on last during his 🌠first MotoGP appearance since 2017.

This weekend's event is Suzuki'♓s f🍸inal home round before leaving MotoGP at the end of the season.