Alex Rins explodes at Yamaha, his future uncertain

The weekend in Austin was very difficult for Yamaha. Fabio Quartararo was very direct after his penultimate place in the long race, clearly saying, “There is nothing to save and the team has no ideas on how to solve the problems we have,” showing all his frustration at a situation that is not improving. Alex Rins also struggled, finishing 18th with a gap of more than 38 seconds, and although he spoke in a calmer manner he showed himself unmotivated to motorsport.com microphones.

“During practice the bike was not working and I was leaving the track even using the brakes at maximum.” In addition, the Yamaha rider had some strong words: “I couldn’t turn the bike to change direction. I felt useless in the saddle. I was saying to myself, ‘What the [bleep] am I doing here?’ There are times when I’m not enjoying myself, but I was thinking, ‘What are we doing?''”

The Barcelona rider currently has collected only three points in the riders’ championship and in the long race he also finished last, right behind Fabio Quartararo: “I was accelerating and the bike was not responding,” he also commented about the last position on Friday. “We had many problems with both bikes in free practice.”

The Spaniard said he always tries to give his best: “As you can imagine, we always try to give 100 percent. However, sometimes when these problems arise, it is difficult to maintain maximum effort as a rider. So it was quite difficult for me to manage this weekend.”

The Yamaha factory rider admitted, “It’s been a long time since I’ve had fun with the bike.” Finally, while Fabio Quartararo made it clear that he is already in negotiations with Honda, Alex Rins left several question marks: “I don’t know if I will be here next year, so I also need to find my place. With the results we are getting, this is definitely not helping me.”