Marc Marquez shock at Alex Rins’ exit: “He said Honda have a good bike!”
LCR rider Rins wil🍷l swap his satellite seat for a factory ride in 2024 when 💛he joins Yamaha as a replacement for Franco Morbidelli.
It will bring to an end Rins’ short but eventful stay at Honda which peaked with winning the Grand Prix of the Americas but has also included a broken leg which is sidelining him from this weekend’s British MotoGP.
Repsol Honda rider Marquez was asked about Rins’ departure and💖 answered: “I had an interview,𝄹 they asked me about this rumour.
“I said ‘I don’t think so’ because Rins won🌊 a race and he said ‘it’s a good bike’.
“So I didn’t expect this move. But thenꩵ the ꦦday after!
“I’m happy for him, it’s a good move, he’s moving from a satellite team to a factory team🐈. Yamaha has power and energy from the past.”
Rins was absent from the British MotoGP as he continued to rehab his broken ✅leg.
Honda endur🐟ed another miserable weekend without ✱him.
His replacement Iker Lekuona and fellow LC🦩R rider Takaaki Nakagami were in the last two positions, of those who finished.
Marquez and Repsol Honda team🐲mate Joan Mir retired early.
Johann Zarco, meanwhile, has emerged as the key contender to replace Rins at LC🦹R Hond🐠a next season.
He welcomed the idea claiming it would be “an honour”ꦬ.
James was a sports journali🐽st at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
