After completing his first MotoGP laps since fracturing his right leg at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been declared unfit for the remainder of the Japanese MotoGP weekend.
Absent since fracturing his right tibia and fibula at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been passed fit to make a MotoGP return for LCR Honda at Motegi this weekend.
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Increased Honda support could have made it a harder decision but Alex Rins switching from the satellite LCR team to the factory Yamaha MotoGP project for 2024 wasn’t a surprise for Simon Crafar.
Returning to the MotoGP paddock for the first time since fracturing his right tibia and fibula in May, Alex Rins gave an update on his injuries in Austria.
With Alex Rins absent since May’s leg-breaking accident at Mugello, LCR Honda team-mate Takaaki Nakagami heard about the Spaniard’s 2024 switch to the factory Yamaha MotoGP team at the same time as everyone else.
Joan Mir feels former team-mate Alex Rins’ switch to the factory Yamaha team ‘will probably be good for him’ but insists he still believes in Honda’s MotoGP project.