Rins has confirmed that he will leave LCR Honda to join🃏 Yamaha for the 2024 MotoGP season as a replacement fo🌜r Franco Morbidelli, and alongside Fabio Quartararo.

Butꦛ with the constantly changing rider ma😼rket in full flow, Yamaha were forced to consider alternatives in case Rins rejected them.

“Yes, we had a Plan B,” Ya♑maha managing director Lin Jarvis told .

“Arbolino is maturing well and coౠuld be a choice for the future.

“But we di🎐dn’t want a rookie, this isn’t the ti💙me for us.

“We need a rider who brings experience.

“We don’t know who will be the best, betweeꦛn Morbidelli and Rins, however. Choosing a rider is always a gamble.

“There is no guarantee, but it was time to make a cജhange in the team and it’s also good for Franky who will have new motivation.”

Arbolino, the young Italian rider currently in the Moto2 title fight, is also an option to step int𒅌o the premier class with Gresini Ducati.

But Yamaha ultimately got their first-choice.

“He’s a real fi♈ghter,” Jarvis said about Rins. “Joan Mir is efficient and fast but has only won one GP.

“Alex has more natural talent and is sometimes capable of𓆉 sensational things.

“Let’s not for꧃get he is the only non-Ducati ride🤡r to win a grand prix. He won two with Suzuki, and this year with Honda.

“He has a positive attitude and experience wit🦄h the inline 4 engine. And he really wants to be with us.”