After his second MotoGP weekend as a factory Yamaha rider Alex Rins concluded that he n🦂eeds a more personalised set-up for his M1.

The former Suzuki and LCR Honda race winner has kicked off his Yamaha career with 16th 𝓀and 10th place finishes, respectively, in the Qa🐬tar and Portuguese GPs.

Portimao was thu♒s Rins’ first world championship points on the M1.

But after crossing the line 30-seconds from race winner Jorge Martin and🍸 ten-seconds behi🌊nd team-mate Fabio Quartararo, Rins admitted he was expecting much more.

“These two races 🎃- Qatar, Portimao - have not gon൲e the way that I was expecting,” Rins said.

“We need to work a little bit mo🌟re on our own. I mean, [until now] more or less w𒁃e did small changes on the bike, but focusing on the set-up that Fabio is using.

“After this race, I rea🐈lised that I need to do something different on the bike, because [in Portimao] I had similar problems as the race in Qatar.

“I was struggling a lot with the front after releasing the brakes and going on the throttle. I’m struggling to turn꧅. I cannot do [lean] angle.”

Theꦰ six-time MotoGP race winner added: “In the middle of the race, I tried to change my riding style on the bike. To see if I was able to load the front more. But it was not enough. So it looks like we need more weight on the front to make the bike turn.”

Rins had hoped to prioritise set-up work during Yamaha’s private post💜-race Portimao test, subsequent꧒ly rained off.

“Maybe💖 we need to focus on the setup more than the new parts, because I'm not quite happy,” he 🦩had said. “It's not the team's fault, it's not the bike fault. It's just our second race.

“We need �🧔�to get used to the bike. We need to understand. But we have work to do.”

Round three of tꦰhe season takes place at COTA, the scene of Rins’ shock LCR Hಌonda victory a year ago.