Rins' Ambition To Chase The Title Despite Mir's Deficit Points

Alex Rins (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - After finishing runner-up at the Grand Prix of Valencia on Sunday, Alex Rins is increasingly ambitious to pursue the MotoGP world title. The opportunity is still open in the two final series.

The Suzuki Ecstar team rider led the first 16 laps of the race at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia, Spain but lost his position when he went wide at Turn 11 due to a wrong shift, thus handing the race lead to his teammate Joan Mir, who later won his first class victory. premiere.

The two Spanish riders led Suzuki to finish 1-2 for the first time since the German GP 2982.

The victory made Mir even stronger at the top of the standings with a 37-point margin from Rins and Fabio Quartararo who have the same points in second place, with 50 maximum points remaining until the end of the season.

"Of course I'm happy to get an additional 20 points in the championship. Joan, my teammate, at the end of the race he appeared pressing and I made a small mistake at Turn 11, I got the wrong gear and this cost me my first position," said Rins as quoted by Antara from the website. MotoGP official.

"He overtook me and I tried to keep my distance but it was very difficult because he kept going.

"But in the end I'm very happy with myself, with Suzuki. We'll see next week if we can do better.

Estar 2ndo en el campeonato después de cómo empezó la temporada es prácticamente un sueño 💥 Todo está aún abierto para las 2 últimas carreras ✊🏻 Felicidades al equipo @suzukimotogp por un gran fin de semana y otro # 1-2 ⚪️🔵 # suzuking # ar42 motogp #EuropeanGP pic.twitter.com/VvTVCFedc5

- Alex Rins (@ Rins42) November 8, 2020

Mir only needs to keep a minimum distance of 26 points from his rivals after the Valencia GP is over to seal the world title.

"It's been a great season for us and Suzuki," said Rins after climbing the podium for the third time in a row.

"With two races remaining, Joan has now opened a wide gap. We will continue to fight to finish on the podium and first and in the end we'll see where we are.

"37 points behind him, I think there is still a chance. I can say he is a little further and is the favorite of the champion. But let's do it," he concluded.