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 after breaking his leg at ﷺMugello - he missed seven full rounds.
His return at Mot𒈔egi saw him complete Friday practice - he was the slowest rider on the track - before💮 being declared unfit.
Ri🤪ns said about his call to withdraw: “It was an easy deci꧒sion because, when we took the plane to come here, I already knew that if I felt a lot of pain I would stop.
“That’s what I spoke about to the doctors.
“In FP1 the sensation was good. With three months off a MotoGP 🌊bike♛, it was a bit different.
“But the body reཧspected the pain, so it was not that painful.
“But lap-by-lap it was increasing, this pain in myꦗ leg.”
But the returning Honda rider knows that Friday in Japan was a success because it represents a major st๊ep towards racing again.
“I’m happy because we completed a good ওtest with my body and with the bike. S🃏o let’s continue with the recovery,” he said.
“It was big news to jump back on a MotoGP bike after many daysꦓ at home, without this feeling.
“I’m happy for this. Now ꦏwe 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 ꦦsam𓄧e in terms of recovery.”
Rins’ situation is complicated because, while being sidelined with a broken leg, it was con꧃firmed that he will leave LCR Honda for Yamaha in 2024.
James was a sports journali🥂st at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
