Alex Rins reveals first Yamaha ‘concession’ test
Monster Yamaha will stay on at Portimao for a post-race test on M🀅onday.

New Monster Yamaha MotoGP rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins will take part in his first private test under 🙈the factory’s 2024 access to technical concessions at Portimao on Monday.
While new Repsol Honda signing Luca Mar🏅ini was recently on track at Jerez, Yamaha is yet to take advantage of the opportunity to conduct such extra testing with their race 𒁃riders.
That will change the day after Sunday's race.
“This Monday, after the GP weekend, we are go𒈔ing to test,” Rins said at Portimao on Thursday.
“Still ꦦI don't know the items we are going to try. But we are going to try on Monday and I ༺think it could be interesting because [it’s straight] after the GP weekend.”
Team-mate Fabio Quartararo will also be on track.
The chance to not only take part in extra testing but also the otဣher conc💃ession perks of extra engine changes and exemption from the engine design freeze means Rins is ‘not panicking’ after a tough start to the season in Qatar.
Althoug🧜h team-mate Quartara♊ro won the ‘Japanese Cup’ in eleventh - after a close battle with the Hondas of Johann Zarco and Joan Mir - the Frenchman slipped ten seconds further from the top (+17s) compared to last November.
Former Suzu𝕴ki and Ho⛄nda race winner Rins finished his first grand prix on the M1 in 16th, 24s from victory.
“I'm not getting panicked becau♊se it is what it is and if you get panic, maybe you don't have your mind free to think and to ride as good 𝓡as you know,” he said.
“It's true that there are pieces that we are going to try - I suppose [on Monday] - that maybe we caꦓn't use [straightaway] for the next GP in Austin because there should be some prototype pieces, no?
“But for sure [concessions] gives me💖 confidence to improve. They give me the confidence from making more laps with the bike, to work better with the team.
“We are in a phase now of knowing how everything works. In Qatar, we struggled a lot with the front, we destroyed the tyre because of the setup of 🐼the bike," he added.
“This bike has some adjustments, let's say, for Fabio. Because Fabio ma🤡kes this bike like for him. It's normal. Fabio and myself we have similar riding styles, but a little bit different. So I need to make the bike also to my style.”
For now, the Yamaha’s main area of weakness is r🐟ear grip, which is particularly evident in qualifying, with the M1’s starting just 16th (Quartararo) and 20th (Rins) in Qatar.
“If you qualify in a good position, 50-60% o🌞f the race is done. If you don't make a b♋ad start, you just manage your position and you go," Rins said.
“Starting so far back, you need to ask more of the tyres, more o🐟f the fuel and then, at the end of the race, you nee𝐆d to manage everything more.
“In our case,ꦺ we also had an issue with the engine in qualifying in Qatar. But the grip condition in qualifying was not tꦑhe best one for us and the Yamaha struggled in qualifying. Let's see here.”
Free practice 💝in Portimao starts on Friday morning.

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