Alex Rins: Thai GP showed Yamaha made “very low step” with 2025 MotoGP bike

Yamaha’s strong pre-season ✤form didn’t translate to good Thai GP

Alex Rins, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 Thai MotoGP
Alex Rins, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 Thai MotoGP
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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins believes Yamaha has only made “a very low step” with its 2025 MotoGP bike compared to last year after it struggꩵled at th🍰e Thai Grand Prix.

Yamaha ended the pre-season as 🦹one of the surprise packages, but struggled to replicate that form at the opening round of the 2025 campaign in Buriram.

Pramac’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller qualified an impressive fourth, but tumbled to 11th in the grand prix due to a loose fairing, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo faded f🌄rom 10th to 15th as a result of a lack of grip.

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira was 14th on the sisterไ Pramac bike, while Rins failed to score points in 17th.

The lack of traction on the M1 that has been an iꦅssue for the past few years was seemingly accentuated at a sweltering Buriram, with Michelin’s stiffer rear tyre carcass for the event not helping the Yamaha’s cause.

Rins says he was “at 💮100% every lap” during the grand prix, which made the final few tours “a mess to manage”.

“Looking at the performance, honestly compared to yesterday we did a step forward - a small step forward,🙈” said Rins after Sunday’s race.

“I was able to reduce the speed of the 🎃bike, I was able to go into the corner in a better way compared to yesterday [in the sprint]; yesterday I struggled a lot.

“But for sure I was at 100% every lap. So, the last four laps, i🐠n corner four I lost the front completely and from that point ꧂to the end of the race it was a mess to manage.

“It was really difficult for me♍, I was losing the fron✱t, the rear. A consequence of going 100% every lap.

“For sure this is not the result the Yamaha riders want to finish i🙈n. I mean, Jack finished 11th, four laps to the end I was 14th, Fabio 15th, Miguel 14th, myself 17th in the end.

“It’s important to take all the info and analyse why and improve. This is the actual mindset. Looks like we made a step from last year, b🦩ut a very low step. So, let’s ▨go for it.”

Rins warned that the exp🥀ected low-grip conditions in the coming Argentina round will also likely pose an issue for the Yamah🦩a.

“I don’t know. The level right now is this, at least✤ in this track,” he added.

“Sure, we are going to go to 🔥Argentina. It’s two years since we rode there, since ’23.

“For sure in F🍸P1 we are going to struggle because in l🐷ow-grip conditions we are ones who really struggle.

“Then let’s see where we are. But for sure we need t🅷o see it, we need to have a meeting and see the points.

“In [the] Sep♊ang [test], it was quite good, we did quite a good te🌱st.

“Here in the test, Fabio was quite fast but this weekend he couldn’t show the potential he showed on the🧜 test.

“So, it’s what I say: we improved from last year, but very🦄 low. So, we need to keep working and we need to keep looking on the things to improve.”

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren

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