Job done for Alex Rins who pulls out of Japanese MotoGP due to pain but explains why he’s “happy”
The LCR Honda rider was making a long-awaited🐎 comeback aft🍌er breaking his leg at Mugello - he missed seven full rounds.
His return at Motegi saw him complete Friday p♛ractice - he was the sl♒owest rider on the track - before being declared unfit.
Rins said about his call to withdraw: “It was an easy decision becausꦺe, when we took the plane to come here, I already knew that if I felt a loꦉt of pain I would stop.
“That’s what I spoke about to the doctors.
“In FP1 the ♑sensation was good. Wi🀅th three months off a MotoGP bike, it was a bit different.
“But the body respected the pain, so it was not that p𓆏ainful.
“But lap-by-lap it was increa🐟sing, this pain in my leg.”
But the returnꦚing Honda rider knows that Friday in Japan was a success because it represents a major step towards racing again.
“I’m happy because we completed a good test with my body and with the bike. So let’s continue 🦄with the recovery,” he said.
“It was big news to jump back�ꦛ� on a MotoGP bike after many days at home, without this feeling.
🌼“I’m happy for𝐆 this. Now we have two more weeks to recover. Let’s see how it goes.
“I hope to improve a little bit, we have two weeks to improve, to keep following 💛the same in terms of recovery.”
Rins’ situa⛎tion is comp𝓀licated because, while being sidelined with a broken leg, it was confirmed that he will leave LCR Honda for Yamaha in 2024.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything frಞom American sports, to football, to F1.
