Alex Rins plots “radical setting” at COTA MotoGP

Alex Rins aims to shake up his Yamaha setup at COTA after a tough start to the 2025 M🍷otoGP campaign.

Alex Rins, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA
Alex Rins, 2025 Americas MotoGP at COTA

Friday morning rain prevented any major setup experiments in FP1, but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins is planning to try a “completely radical setting” on his Yamaha during this weekend’s Americas MotoGP.

Af𓆉ter struggling in the opening rounds at Buriram and Termas,🧸 Rins believes he needs to take his M1 in a new direction “to feel something” and find a breakthrough.

The Spaniard, a four-time COTA winner - including two MotoGP vic🍬tories - arrives in Texas with a best finishꦍ of 11th so far this season.

“It's always nice to arrive at a GP where you’ve won a lo✨t of tim🅰es,” Rins said on Thursday. “I’ve had two victories in MotoGP, some in Moto2 and Moto3, so I’m quite happy to be here. I feel the vibe.

“T𒈔he reality this year is different. We come from two races struggling a lot with the bike.

“Maybe before the season started, eveꦚrybody - including me - thought we were g𝓀oing to make a step up, at least in the first races.

“But we haven’t been able to𝓀 yet. Still, there are many races to go. So we need to kee😼p working, especially at this GP.

“If the weather allows, we’re going to test - not new [p🍸arts], but a completely radical setting, different from the previous races, to see if the bike ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚworks better or worse, but at least to feel something.

“Because right now, my bike setup is different from Fabio [Quartararo] and Miller’s, yet we all have the same probl▨em. So let's see.”

Yamaha’s Sepang Test a false Dawn?

Despite a promising pre-se🥂ason test at Sepang, Yamaha currently sits last in the Constructors’ 💫standings.

Rins suggested that the high-grip conditions in 💦Malaysia may have masked the M1’s true performance - at least for team-mate Quartararo.

“Fabio rode super fast in Sepang. It looked like he made a step up compared to, for example, me,” Rins explained. “I struggled a lot. I 💝had more or less the same problems in the Sepang test as in the Buriram test, Buriram race, Argentina race. 

“So maybe ꦕthe amount of grip at the [Sepang] test made the result not so realistic.”

Despite Yamaha's early-season struggles, Rins🥃 insists he is pushing to the limit to tur𒊎n things around.

“You can see on track that I’m giving 100%🅺. I don't keep anything in the pocket.  But still the result doesn't come. So this means we need to keep working.”

Rinsꦚ began the COTA weekend wi🐬th 18th in the soaking wet FP1, when Jack Miller was the top Yamaha in second place.

Depending on the afternoon weather, Rins ꧟might need to wait until Saturday's final practice before trying the new set-up.

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