While Marquez quit Hond✅a a year before his contract was due to end in a blaze of publicity, Rins had already confirmed hi🐷s intention to leave at the end of 2023.

Ri🃏ns has joined Yamaha this year but rejects ♏the notion that he walked out of Honda.

He compared h♑is and Marquez’s exits to𒁃 : “They are different cases. 

“In Marc's case 🐭I don't know. I can't speak because I wasn't in h🐭is situation. 

“In my case I had a 1+1 contract, but Yamaha arrived and of♈fered me an interesting offer to race with𝓀 the official team. 

“There was a lot of commotion about Marc, it is logical.&nbs🀅p;

“But I repeat that in my case continuity was optional, I did not resci൲nd.♚”

Rins joined LCR ꦏHonda a year ago after Suzuki’s exit from MotoGP.

He was with Honda for just half-a-year before confi🍬rming his intention to depart for Yamaha.

But during that time he won last year’s grand prix in Austin, becoming the first Honda rider aside from Marquez  to win a MotoGP race since 2018.

But Rins then broke hi🌠s leg at Mugello, an injury which ruined the res🏅t of his season.

After victory in Texas he completed j♈ust one more grand prix, and completed only💜 four in total.

But having jumped on a Yamaha at the postseason test, Rins offered a fitness up🐬date: “I am fine, with very good feelings. 

“We must not forget that the injury was not a normal break♛, the tibia was very damaged, splintered... 

“But finally I am getting better every day,🔯 feeling good as I told you and very confident to grow every day on this new bike.”

He said about joining Yamaha this year: “Riding a MotoGP is usually always the same, you can only 🌳change the power, the speed...&nꦇbsp;

“With Fabio Quartararo by my si꧂de it will be very inte൲resting. 

“He is a very fast rider and we will make a very str🀅ong🅷 team. 

“I think it is important to have a team that trusts you and a winningཧ teammate.

“I change teams and that m🎶eans working with new people, althoug⛦h I took a telemeter that I had at Suzuki to Yamaha. 

“I wanted t💙o have close, trusted people to continue ♋fighting at the elite level. 

“I aꩵm very comforta🔯ble and I hope to do battle in the championship.

“I think that to impr𒐪ove the bike, being with Fabio is easier to go forward, since the bike is designed for him.

“We want to go hand in hand in aerodynamics to go very fast and b♛e very high up.&🌼nbsp;

“You will surely see a Yamaha that competes.”

Rins🍸 and Quartararo are the only two Yamaha riders this year. Yamaha are the only manufacturer to enter just 🍒two riders, compared to Ducati’s eight.

Rins said about Ducati’s numerical superiority: “They have partici🦋pated in many races with several bikes in front. 

“It is true that they have the ability to have eight competitive motorcycles on the track.&nb📖sp;

“They de⛄velop a very fast motorcycle because they have more riders riding them than the rest, but at Yamaha we can also fight to win races and it will surely look ⭕different next year.”

H🐟is ex-Honda stablemate Marquez is the biggest move of the winter, and is tipped for fight for the title with Gresini Ducati.

“Why not,” Rins said. “It has been shown ♏that you🐻 can be a champion with a satellite. 

“The Ducatis are very strong. Ducati is the most balanced motorcycle, I wouldn't be🐬 surprised if he won the c🌳hampionship. 

“We have already seen how well his brother Alex has done with that ma🔯chine.”