Face-to-face Season 2023 With LCR Honda, Alex Rins Ngaku Will Be Hard To Take Success In Suzuki

LCR Honda racer, Alex Rins. (Photo: Twitter @lcr_team)

JAKARTA - Alex Rins will go through the 2023 MotoGP with his new team, LCR Honda. Having navigated for six years with Suzuki, he admitted that he would have trouble with his new ride on Honda.

Together with Honda, Alex Rins will later ride the Honda RC213V. He doesn't want his new ride to be set the same as the GSX-RR, his motorbike in Suzuki first.

This was revealed by Rins after undergoing a post-season trial at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit last November. The agenda made Rins feel the difference between the two rides.

Rins' presence and input meant a lot to Honda and was expected to help the Honda RC213V motorcycle development process. Moreover, Rins was previously able to help Suzuki win two MotoGPs in 2022.

However, he does not want Honda fans and their fans to have big expectations. Rins assessed that he would find it difficult to imitate his achievements in Suzuki when he was with Honda.

"In the end I will only ride one motorbike in MotoGP. But it will be very difficult to imitate the work done earlier (in Suzuki)," Rins was quoted as saying by Autosport on Monday, January 9.

Honda has previously mushroomed and will try to develop a motorbike that suits Rins. However, the rider hopes Honda will not fully imitate what Suzuki is doing.

According to Rina, both motorcycles have their own pluses and minuses, both from engine configurations to other aspects. Rins felt it would be very difficult if it had to be the same.

I told people at Honda not to imitate Suzuki. Honda has its own weaknesses and advantages. I always say how I work in Suzuki, but doesn't make it that way. But try my best," he said.

Rins returned to ride a Honda RC213V motorcycle in the pre-season trial on February 10-12 2023. The trial is planned to take place at the Sepang Circuit, Malaysia.