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MotoGP's Alex Rins spoke candidly about his remaining races with Yamaha, saying 'right now it's just about surviving.' Crash reports that the comment is a frank acknowledgment of the difficult position he's currently in, as the 1000cc era draws to a close.
'Just surviving' - as someone who competed myself, I understand the weight of that phrase all too painfully. A season where the machine just doesn't click means you want to push but can't. For a rider with Rins's skill to say this, it must be serious. But it's exactly in a transitional period when the rules are changing that whoever grinds it out lives to fight another day.
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Rins moved from Aprilia to Yamaha, right? Did that end up being a step down in his career, ironically?
Contract timing plays a role too, so it's hard to say definitively, but going by results alone, it's been a rough stretch at Yamaha.
I think speaking his mind honestly reflects real integrity as an athlete — I respect that more than putting on a false front.
There was also that article about 850cc transition testing — hard to shake the impression Yamaha is being left behind right at this turning point.
Rins was a guy who was getting real results at Aprilia, so there's a possibility his fit with Yamaha was just wrong from the start.
Yamaha struggling this late in the 1000cc era — going by the article, this comment carries the weight of the whole team's situation.
'Right now it's just about surviving' — a rider of Rins's caliber saying that is proof he's genuinely being pushed to the wall.
