Valencia MotoGP: Alex Rins returns for LCR Honda farewell
The Sp🎉aniard, who won the 2022 Valencia finale for Suzuki, continues to recover from complicated leg fractures at Mugello in May.
Although he took part in the grands prix of Japan, Indonesia and Australia (Friday), ongoing pain forced anot🅷her round of surgery and Rins was repl🐠aced by Iker Lecuona for the Malaysian and Qatar rounds.
The COTA winner, who is joining Monster Yamaha for 2024, will n🅰oꦡw make his final RC213V appearance this weekend before an M1 debut at the Tuesday test.
Rins' 2-1 results at COTA remain the highest-scoring weekend of the season for a Honda rider, with the 34 points scored comfortably clear of the 19&nb𒅌sp;for Marc Marquez during his best event (Motegi).
However, Ri🙈n෴s has scored just 20 points from his other Honda appearances.
Johann Zarco will leave Pramac ෴Ducati to take over Rins' seat at LCR next season, alongside Tak🅘aaki Nakagami.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marqueꦚz’s injury issues.
