When A꧟lex Rins crossed the finish line at Le Mans, he didn't dwell on his worst MotoGP result of the season bu♈t instead pointed to the sky before stopping at a group of marshals and handing over his race helmet.

It was an admirable gesture by the Suzuki rider, in tribute to 58-year-old marshal Jean-Paul Plée, who passed away after collapsing at the track on Friday morning at the French Grand Pr🐲ix.

"I gave my ꦯhelmet to the marshals, to pass on to the family of𒁃 [Jean-Paul Plée]," Rins said.

"Marshals always do a fantastic♚ job, running through the gravel to help us. It's dangerous. Another rider could crash [into them].

"This is why I would like to g🐼ive my helmet to his family."

Rins, winner in Austin, has s꧂truggled in qualifyin൲g throughout this season, but sunk to a new low with 19th in the Saturday showers.

Although the Spaniard was able to recover nine places in th🌊🌃e race, he has slipped from 1 to 20 points behind title leader Marc Marquez.

"It was a difficult weekend, qualifying went badly with the strategy and everything," said Rins, now third in t💫he world championship.

♕"I started today’s race feeling very hopeful but in the end I had to manage some struggles, especially in corner entry and I could only manage tenth place.

"Those six points are important, especially as it was easy to crash today - we saw many crashes in all three races. There are still a lo𒁃t of rounds to go, I’m ready for Mugello.”