Álex Rins will try to return to action at the MotoGP Japanese GP, after being away from the tracks for nearly four months due to fractures in his right leg. Despite being in Motegi, it is still uncertain whether he can race, as he will need to assess in the practice sessions whether the pain is manageable or not.
The Spaniard from LCR Honda commented with the press: ‘I’m feeling good, happy to be back, happy to be here. You know, it’s quite impressive because two days ago I was in Madrid in the hospital with the doctors talking, comparing the x-ray. And obviously there was a huge difference comparing one month with two days ago. So, we decided to continue the steps and the next one is to jump on a MotoGP bike’.
However, Rins stressed that if he is too much in pain, he will not be able to continue riding: ‘We don’t know if it will be painful or not, but I passed the medical exam. Let’s see tomorrow. The main target is to see if it’s painful or not. I have a lot of pain in the lateral of the fibula, so we need to see if it is super painful. I know it’s long way from home, it’s 16 hours on plane. But if it’s painful we need to stop and continue recovering. So, let’s see’.
Asked how much fit he feels, the #42 replied: ‘It’s difficult to say, because for example in home I can walk more or less normal – same as here. But when you are 300km/h it’s very different. When I tried last time in Aragon it was super painful in the changes of direction. It was so painful on the right corners. But for sure Aragon maybe was too aggressive: you have corner one, change direction, then two fast corners to the right. I don’t know; it was one month from that test, so let’s see’.