Alex Rins: “Marc Marquez has f**** talent, it’s not easy but you have to turn the tables”
LCR rider Rins offered Honda their only optimism in a woᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeful MotoGP season by winning the Grand Prix of the Americas.
But even that glory cannot disguise another inept campaign which has left six-time premier class champion Marquez unable to even finish a grꦬand prix, never mind fight a⛎t the front.
"It's hard, it tastes very bad to me because Marc has a fucking talent and it's not being easyꦅ at all,” Rins was quoted by .
“But👍 hey, in the end you have to turn the tables, you hav🌊e to win, you have to build a winning bike.
"Damn, I thought♒ that Marc would also win in Germany. What happen🅘ed? I don't know, I have no idea.
“Pressure, extra pressure, I have no idea.”
Marquez crashed five times at the Sachsenring, one of 🌜his favourite circuits, before the grand prix started and was forced to pull out.
It was the lowest point of a season which might still break the strong relationship between the star rider ℱand his team.
Even Rins could🤪 quit Honda in fav🌊our of Yamaha who have made him an offer.
Rins said about the future of Honda: "It's complicated, because what is clear is that right now the ones 'ruling the roost' are the European brands: Ducati, ♕KTM, Aprilia.
“And it seems that the J🍰💖apanese brands have lagged a bit behind.
“They have to d♌o something, of course they have to do something, because both Honda and Yamaha have the level, they are not small brands.
"I think that Honda waꦗs very confident in𝓀 this improvement that they have made at the chassis level with Kalex.
“But I also have to tell you from my point of v𝐆iew, and perhaps they will jump on me in the comments, that I come from a Suzuki and the Honda is not so bad.
"What do I mean by this? I want to say that in many circuits, after spending six years ꦅwith the Suzuki and having it in my hand, in many🤪 circuits I have gone faster with the Honda than with the Suzuki.
“Now𓆏, the problem is that the others have taken more steps forward.”
Rins will miss the next round of MotoGP on Au💫gust 6 at Silverstone due to his broken leg.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering 🧸everything from American sports, to footbaജll, to F1.
