2023-08-28 14:41:41
Álex Rins will not be able to run in front of his audience next weekend. The LCR Honda Team rider will miss the MotoGP Catalunya Grand Prix (September 2 and 3) not having recovered from the serious injury he suffered to his right leg during the Italian Grand Prixa double fracture of the tibia and fibula that has kept the #42 off the tracks for the last five rounds.
Although he still needs crutches to get around, the man from Barcelona traveled two weeks ago to the Red Bull Ring to accompany his team in the Austrian round of the championship, a trip that Rins took advantage of to get on his motorcycle while stopped and help his replacement, Iker Lecuona, who once again has been chosen by HRC to cover the loss of Rins in Barcelona.
the valencian He has already contested a total of four MotoGP grand prix so far this year, first with the colors of the Repsol Honda Team -in Jerez and Assen-, and the last two -Silverstone and Austria- on the seat of the satellite RC213V of Lucio Cecchinello’s team. Lecuona has still not managed to score points in the eight races held -four of them in the sprint-, and his best result is the 16th place that he signed in the Sunday appointment in Jerez and that he later repeated in the Red Bull Ring Sprint Race .
Precisely in Austria, Iker declared having finished “quite happy in general, improving and learning lap by lap”, aware that he still has to better understand the behavior of the Honda with worn tyres, his biggest handicap at the moment: “In the race I made a very good start and was able to ride in a group until lap 20, although I still lack experience to understand the motorcycle when the tire falls“commented the number #27.
Although he has not confirmed it yet, it is to be expected that Álex Rins will also come to the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya to accompany his team at his home race; Paradoxically, and despite the fact that he has not scored points since the Spanish Grand Prix, the man from Barcelona is still the best Honda rider overall with 47 points, occupying 14th place ahead of the next Honda, that of Takaaki Nakagami, who is 17th and has 13 points less than Rins.
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Rins himself took advantage of his social networks just a few minutes ago to explain his absence at the Catalunya GP: “I’m still working on my rehab. I wanted to be at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but it’s still too early. We keep pushing to return as soon as possible, but fully recovered. Good luck Iker and LCR Team!”
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