MotoGP Argentina: Alex Rins: I couldn't see anything. a real shame

Alex Rins felt that a fogging visor cost him his first MotoGP top six as a Honda rider - and maybe more - in Sunday’s Argentine Grand Prix.
Alex Rins, MotoGP race, Argentina MotoGP, 02 April
Alex Rins, MotoGP race, Argentina MotoGP, 02 April

Starting twelfth, Rins climbed through the field to fift🍷h by the midway stage, when the fogging problems began.

The Spaniard eventual♏ly dropp🌸ed to ninth place by the finish

“It 💫was not a good result,” he said. “10-15 laps from the end I started to have some problems with fog inside the visor and I could not see anything.

“I started to lose positions because of this. I could not see the lines or the kerbs so it✱ was a disaster.

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“꧑In the wet warm-up and qualifying it was fine. But not in the race. I [lifted] the visor up and down on the straight and tried many things.

“Before that I was riding quite well. The bike was super and the grip on the maximum angle, co൲mpared to the previous bike [Suzuki] I was riding, this one had♔ a lot of traction and on the front I was able to stop the bike.

“So it was a real shame because – a podium I don’t know – 🌸but top five-six I was able [to achieve].”

Johann Zarco, beh𒊎ind Rins when the fogging problems began, went on to claim a podium.

Rins confirmed he had raced with the newer RCV chassis, given to him by HRC due to Marc Marq🍌uez’s absence, and will have access to it again in COTA, when Marquez i🍌s expected to return.

LCR team-mate Takaaki Nakagami finished 13th.

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