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He finished third in the overall standings but we have ranked Alex Rins 'only' eighth in our Top 10 MotoGP Riders of the Year for 2020... 

Having won the 2020 MotoGP title the previous weekend in Valencia, Joan Mir suffered his worst weekend of the year in the Portimao finale.

The good news for Joan Mir is that he has already wrapped up the MotoGP title.

The start of the second Valencia MotoGP weekend again saw the title leaders playing a supporting role on the timesheets.

Only one rider has outscored MotoGP championship leader Joan Mir over the past four rounds; his Suzuki team-mate Alex Rins.

Franco Morbidelli and Alex Rins may currently be outside the MotoGP title top three, but with an Aragon victory each they arrive at the final tripleheader with momentum on their side.

MotoGP world championship leader Joan Mir doesn’t expect Suzuki to discuss team orders until Alex Rins is mathematically out of the title chase.

Suzuki's Joan Mir has his work cut out if he's to extend his MotoGP podium run to four in a row, at Le Mans on Sunday.

After claiming a debut MotoGP podium then holding a confident race lead during the Austrian MotoGP rounds, Suzuki's Joan Mir is 'excited to see what I can do' at Misano.

Joan Mir may have been bitterly disappointed not to at least claim back-to-back MotoGP podiums in Austria, but after five races he's seen enough to know that the GSX-RR is 'a contender for the title'.

After an impressive race debut for the Suzuki holeshot device last time at Jerez, Alex Rins will try it again at the start of Sunday's Brno MotoGP round.

After a brave tenth place finish at Jerez, just a week after dislocating his right shoulder, Alex Rins feels in better shape for this weekend's Brno round. But he's also been warned there is now a 70-80% chance of another dislocation should he suffer a heavy accident.

Alex Rins defied the pain from last weekend's dislocated and fractured right shoulder, plus melting 63-degree track temperatures, to salvage tenth place in Sunday's Andalucia MotoGP.

Alex Rins was forced to watch the season-opening Spanish MotoGP from the paddock after being ruled out by an injury in qualifying.

Ducati had managed to keep it a secret for several rounds, but during last year's Malaysian MotoGP race (pictured) Alex Rins spotted that the rear of Jack Miller's bike was being lowered as he accelerated onto some of the straights.

500cc world champion and official MotoGP Legend Kevin Schwantz feels electronics have been the biggest influence on grand prix racing since his glory days in the late '80s and early '90s.

Alex Rins says his tussle with Marc Marquez during MotoGP qualifying at Brno last year was the moment he realised the reigning world champion viewed him as a rival.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, two manufacturers withdrew from the MotoGP World Championship; Kawasaki (end of 2009) and then Suzuki (end of 2011). Kawasaki hasn’t been back, focussing its racing efforts on WorldSBK, while Suzuki returned to MotoGP at the end of 2014.

Some of the MotoGP riders based in Andorra - including Fabio Quartararo, Alex Rins, Aleix and Pol Espargaró, Maverick Viñales and Tito Rabat - have completed their first track laps on a motorcycle since the coronavirus lockdown.

A final version of the coronavirus depleted 2020 MotoGP calendar isn't yet available, but the bulk of the revised season is increasingly clear.

Joan Mir had finished pre-season testing for his rookie 2019 MotoGP campaign with the twelfth fastest lap time, 0.789s from the top and 0.404s behind team-mate Alex Rins.

Whenever they eventually retire, the 2020 MotoGP grid will have no excuse for not knowing what life would be like without racing.

Alex Rins admits it will be physically punishing to get back on a MotoGP bike after such a long layoff. But he'd still rather go straight into a race weekend, once the coronavirus restrictions eventually clear, than spend what little time is available on holding another test.

Suzuki and Alex Rins have so far achieved eight podiums including two victories in MotoGP. But project leader Shinichi Sahara is confident the best is still to come, after signing the Spaniard to a further two-year deal.