Monsಞter Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli has praised Alex Rins for his ‘professionalism and determination’ after discovering that a technical issue caused his last-place finish in Catalunya on Sunday.

Rins was forced wide and d𝓰ropped to 22nd at Turn 1 of the grand prix, before climbing back into the points. 

But he then faded to 20th a🧔nd last at the chequered flag, over one minute behind race winner Frances🅷co Bagnaia and 40s from team-mate Fabio Quartararo.

“I tried to ride as smooth as po꧂ssible to manage the tyre, but it felt like everything was working in a 𝄹bit of a strange way,” Rins explained after the race. “The bike and the tyres, I was spinning a lot, like way too much – it never happened like that before.”

A💝head of this weekend’s Mugello round, Meregalli revealed. “We found a technical issue after the Catalan GP race which caused him to finish last. The fact that he completed the race, despite the problem, is a testament to his professionalism and determination.”

Rins and Quartararo will now hope that previous private Mugello testing, including with the latest Yamah♔a aero package, can help them this we🔯ekend.

“At the private test in Mugello, about two🐈 weeks ago, we confirmed the fairing was working a little bit better,” Rins said.

“At the Montmeló track the fairing was not so important in terms of wheelieing or corner speed, but in Mugello it will be m🦂ore important, and we know the fairing worked quite wꦚell.

“So, I believe th꧟at it will be a good weekend, and hopefully with better grip on 🎉track than last week.”

Quar🐬tararo also hopes the new aero will be of more bꦏenefit at the ultra-fast Italian track.

“I think that the new aero parts that we rode with in Montmeló are better. You need a little bit of time to get used to a new aero, and I think the Cﷺatalan GP weekend was a great start. So, hopefully we can also see the benefit here in Mugello.”

The Yamaha riders ar🐬e expected to t🥂ry further technical developments in Monday's official test.