2017 SUMMER|RACING MAGAZINE|MOTORCYCLE|Global Suzuki
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In 2001, a couple of his father, Rafa’s, friends encouraged him to put Alex on a LEmotocross machine when he was four-years-old and that experience changed the rest of his life: It was enough to make him finally park-up his Quad and start to dream of owning his motorcycle; and through his insistence, Rins fulfilled his dream two years later when his parents gave-in to his demands and bought him a 50cc motocross machine.On the local Constantí circuit, he nurtured his passion and began to train with his motorcycle. In 2003, thanks to Catalan and Aragonese Championships, obtaining a victory in the Aragonese series. But his true love for motocross, motorcycles in general; and competition began in 2005, when he debuted in this discipline, competing in the last three rounds of the ‘Promo 50cc’ calendar. Two years later, Rins rounded-off a masterful season by winning the Catalan 80cc Championship, the 70cc Promo, the 80cc Championship and the 12 hours of Vic Endurance.Montse Costa, he participated in the The 2008 season was a year of discovery and following a fruitful year in the Championship of Cataluña and the Mediterranean Pre-125GP, a 10TEAM SUZUKI RACING NEWSMediterranean leading figure became aware of the young Rins’ talent. He was Emilio Alzamora, the 1999 GP World Champion in 1999, who met Alex at the Almeria circuit and offered him his first road racing contract and enrolled him under the structure of the Monlau School.M mini At the age of 14, he entered the hotly-contested and high-acclaimed Spanish Speed Championship (CEV) and during his first race he impressed everyone. In 2010, he defeated more mature riders such as Miguel Oliveira and achieved his first victory. He would go on to close the season with third place overall. It was at this stage that Alex Rins realised that he was capable of fighting for victory and this caught the attention of a major sponsor, Repsol, who came onboard with support, gambling on the young Rins to go on to greater things.With this, expectations grew and the pressure to win increased considerably during the Spanish Championship (CEV) in 2011, but Rins knew how to control it, did not fail, and was proclaimed Champion with two victories and three podiums places in seven races. Maverick Viñales and World 125cc In addition, he completed an incredible season by becoming European Championship runner-up, only surpassed by Italian Romano Fenati.In 2012, the doors of the Championship were opened to him and at 16 years and four months old, he held the Spanish title and was a European runner-up. Repsol and Estrella Galicia, he made the leap to the Moto3 World Championship. Two races were enough to get his first Pole Position in Jerez, Spain and only four races to get his first win at Le Mans, in France, where he proved that the people who believed in him made the correct choice. Although Rins was on a slightly inferior motorcycle and racing on circuits that he did not know, he demonstrated his greatness. All that effort and the hard work from the team led him to score 141 points and he earned the well-deserved 2012 ‘Rookie of the Year’ title in Moto3 and finished fifth in the final standings.A few months later, the Barcelona rider began to truly-dedicate himself to the sport. With a more competitive bike and the experience of a year in the World Championship, he only had to concentrate on his task and develop all his talent, fighting for the title until the very last race in the tightest finish in the history of the championship. Rins was on the podium at almost every race, scored six victories and eight pole positions. Everything was at stake with Luis Salom and one where he finally tasted the glory in Valencia. Seldom has a young man achieved what Alex Rins had in just his second year in competition; and he scored six victories and eight pole positions.the 2015 season he would make the jump to With the support of Maverick Viñales and it was this last In 2014, he changed manufacturers and secured third position in the final standings. Shortly after the season-end, it became public knowledge that for Moto3 World World Championship Moto2 in a team managed by former 250cc Champion Sito Pons. having two wins and six podium positions.In Moto2 he did not let anyone down. In his first year, he was more than successful, closing the season with runner-up position and again receiving the ‘Rookie of the Year’ title. His performance went from less to more throughout the season and he finished the year with a total of 10 podiums, three third places, five seconds and two victories - in Australia and Indianapolis - plus three poles.A year later, all eyes were focused on Alex and Johann Zarco, the reigning World Champion. Until the middle of the season, he was fighting for the title with the French rider, but several unfortunate falls and an injury in the shoulder, drastically reduced his chances to fight for the crown. He concluded his season with third position and a total of seven podiums, with two victories and one pole position.MotoGP™ journey began towards The Alex Rins the end of the 2016 season when Suzuki announced that he was joining Team SUZUKI ECSTAR to ride alongside Andrea Iannone. Rins showed a lot of promise, adapting to the newly-updated and new-to-him powerful GSX-RR starting at the Valencia test in Spain; and then improving significantly over subsequent tests before the season-start at Losail International Circuit in Qatar on Unfortunately, after showing some great form in the tests and early races, the 21-year-old suffered a small injury a training crash at the end of was cleared for racing in Argentina at the beginning of April. However, he then suffered a broken wrist at the Circuit of The Americas, in America two weeks’ later. Rins has missed several races this season as he recuperated from a fractured wrist sustained at Austin, Texas in April, but made a welcome return to the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR garage at the eighth round of the series in Assen, Netherlands at the end of June.That year ended with Rins 2017 Issue #1 - SummerWorld March 26th. March, but “RINS SHOWED A LOT OF PROMISE, ADAPTING TO THE NEWLY-UPDATED AND NEW-TO-HIM POWERFUL GSX-RR”

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