Alex Rins’ brutal comeback for Japanese MotoGP: “If I have pain, it won’t make sense to continue”

The LCR Honda rider make a last-gasp dash to Mot🌜egi in time to compete this weekend for the first time since he suffered a broken leg at Mugello in June.
R🍸ins has missed seven rounds of the MotoGP season as he recovered but, although he will resume competing in Friday practice, he knows his comeback could be short-lived.
“[Friday] is a test day for us,” he said. “♑It’s been a long time without riding a MotoGP bike.
“Let’s see how the morning session goes then we will💧 decide if we continue or not.
“I﷽f I have huge pain? Itღ’s a long flight to arrive here but if it’s painful then it won’t make sense to continue riding.
“To be📖 back racing is super good news for me. It takes time, it was the worst injur🧸y of my career.
“I worked so hard in these months, going 🔴to the gym and the physio. [Friday] is a big day for us.”

Rins has had a bizarre season - linᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚking up with Honda after Suzuki exited MotoGP, he became the first Honda rider aside from Marc Marquez to win a premier class race since 2018 when he was victorious in Texas.
But he also complained that 🥃Honda were not utilising him enough to develop parts, th💟en broke his leg, and during his absence he confirmed that he will quit Honda to join Yamaha in 2024.
Honda have also been in turmoil with the 🌺saga ൲of Marquez’s future while Rins has been absent.
But, finally, he will be back this weekend after making a🍌 last-minute decision to race.
“It was chaos,” he said. “After a m🐽edical check in Madrid we tried to organise everything to arrive as soon🐎 as possible.
“I’m happy with the progress. The x-ray compared to one month♊ ago, the difference is huge. 🎀;
“I’m still not 100% rꦉecovered but it’s going step by step. The step now is to try the MotoG𒊎P bike.
“It’s been one month without trying any bike. Let’s see what the r♔eception is with t🍒he bike.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbal🐈l, to F1.