Alex Rins reveals first Yamaha ‘concession’ test
Monster Yamaha will stay on a💦t Portimao for a post-race 🌃test on Monday.

New Monster Yamaha MotoGP rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins will take part in his first private test under the factory’s 2024 access to technical c💜oncessions at Portimao on Monday.
While new Repsol Honda signing Luca Marini was recently on track at Jerez, Yamaha is yet to take advantage of the opportunity to conduct such extra testing with their rꦚace riders.
That will change the day after Sunday's race.
“This Monday, after the GP weekend, we are going to test,” Rins said at Portimao on Thursdayﷺ.
“Still I don't know the items🍌 we are going to try. But we are going to try on Monday and I think it could be interesting because [it’s straight] after the GP weekend.”
Team-mate Fabio Quartararo will also be on track.
The ch🍃ance to not only take part in extra testing but also the other concession perks of extra engine changes and exemption from the engine design freeze means Rins is ‘not panicking’ after a tough start to the season in Qatar.
Although team-mate Quartararo won the ‘Japanese Cup’ in eleventh - after a close battle with the Hondas of Johann Zarco and Joan Mir𒁃 - 🧜the Frenchman slipped ten seconds further from the top (+17s) compared to last November.
Former Suzuki and Honda race winner Rins finished his first grand prix on the M1 in 16th, 24s from vꦫictory.
“I'm not getting panicked because it is what it is and if you get panic, maybe you don't ha꧋ve your mind free to think and to ride as🦩 good as you know,” he said.
“It's true tha🍒t there are pieces that we are going to try - I suppose [on Monday] - that maybe we can't use [straไightaway] for the next GP in Austin because there should be some prototype pieces, no?
“But for sure [concessions] gives me confidence to improve. They give me the confidence from making more laps with the bik𒉰e, to work better with the team.
“We are in a phase now of knowing how everything works. In Qatar, we struggled a lot with the front, we destroyed the tyre beꦏcause of the setup of the bike," he added.
“This bike has some adjustments, let's say, for Fabio. Because Fabio makes this bike like for🅘 him. It's normal. Fabio and myself we have similar riding styles, but a little bit different. So I need to make the bike also to my style.”
For now, the Yamaha’s main area of weakness is rear grip, which is pa✱rticularly evident in qualifying, with꧂ the M1’s starting just 16th (Quartararo) and 20th (Rins) in Qatar.
“If you qualify in a good position, 50-60% of the race i🐬s done. If you don't make a bad start, you just manage your position and you go," Rins said.
🐼“Starting so far back, you need to ask more of the tyres, more of the fuel and then, at the end of the race, you need to manage everything more.
“In our case, we also had an issue with 🌄the engine in qualifying in Qatar. But the grip condition in qualifying was not the best one for us and the Yamaha struggled in qualifying. Let's see here.”
Free practice in Portimao st📖arts on Friday mor🎐ning.

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