Alex Rins says his tussle with Marc Marquez during MotoGP qu🔴alifying at Brno last year was the moment he realised the reigning world champion viewed him as a rival.

Riding on a tricky damp track in the Czech Republic, Rins was on a fast lap when he caught a slower-moving 🤡Marquez, the pair subsequently ma✅king contact as the Suzuki rider barged through a narrow space.

Marquez responded with a close pass of his own before pulling into pit lane. Rins followed, accelerating alongside before fading across the front of the Repsol Honda rider, wh🐠o reached out with his arm to put some space between their machines.

🍒"Marc is so good at these mental things, he plays a lot with all the riders," Rins told the o🐬fficial MotoGP website.

"For example in Brno last year, I was on a fast lap, he looked behind at me and opened the line a little bit, but not too much. I was♐ on the dry line and I touched him. I lost my lap, but I continued pushing. Then in the last chicane he overtook me so closely, we were so close to a crash, and then he went into pit lane.

"From that moment, I said to myself, ꦆMarc ♛is considering me as a rival."

Rins - who declared "168澳洲幸运5官方开🅘奖结果历史:Marquez has no respect for other riders" immediately after the incident - got his revenge in the form of a thrilling last-corner victory pass o🦂n Marquez a few weeks 🌞later at Silverstone.

"Marc is the man to beat and the rivalry is 🐠so hig🔯h," Rins said. "More in 2019, because I shared more moments on track with him.

"For🐼 sure whenever he finishes just in front of me, I'm a bit ꦐangry, I want to beat him. But also for him. I remember when I beat him in Silverstone he was so, so angry."

Rins added: "I like this because it means that I'm doing a good job. Marc is an incredible 𓆏rider, winning a lot of races and championships, and if he thinks of me as a rival, it means I'm there fighting him."

Rins took two wins on his way to a best-yet fourt♕h i💟n the 2019 MotoGP standings.