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

But the Spaniard’s ꦕenthusiasm was tempered by the news that test rider Takuya Tsuda, replacing Joan Mir, would try the new parts firs✤t.

“I'm quite impressed because especially Suzuki don’t normally m🐲ake this kind of thing so fast,” R🔜ins said.

“It was very funny because yesterday [Thursday] I k💃new about it at the end of the day, ღbut they wanted Tsuda to try it first. So I went running 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, l𓆉et's make a deal, if I'm competitive in the first minutes, let me try it first!’

"They said&nb⭕sp;‘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 tra🥂ck with the ‘rabbit ears’, returning to the top with a new soft rear tyre.

“ꦕI felt more stability on the rear, on braking,” Rins said of the 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 weather expected on Friday, Rins is unsure if enough data was gathered to get the green light to race with the development, but: “If the info the 𓃲engineers have and ever💙ything [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 m🐬ore of a traditional winglet and has not yet bee🍷n raced by the factory riders.

Despit𒆙e his early speed, Rins slipped to 13th on the timesheets - meaning a potential entry in Qualifying 1 - after losing flying laps to the late yellow flags

"Very, very disappointed. Because we were quite strong during all the fr𓃲ee practice,” Rins said. “A🎃nd 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 ra✤in. 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 appearan🌄ce since 2017.

This we🤪ekend's event is Suzuki's final home round before leaving MotoGP🦩 at the end of the season.