Alex Rins gets Marc Marquez's chassis for Argentina
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Marquez, who took a podium in the Portimao Sprint, has been ruled out of the Termas de Rio Hondo event after fracturing his hand when he slammed into the side of Miguel Oliveira on lap 3 of the main race.As a result, LCR rider Rins will now get to try one of the newer frames available to Marquez and Repsol team-mate Joan Mir (Mir prefers a slightly different version to Marquez).Hero to Zero for Marc Marquez | MotoGP Podcast Ep82Video of Hero to Zero for Marc Marquez | MotoGP Podcast Ep82‘Because it’s Marc Marquez, everybody wants to put the knife in’FIM Appeal Stewards refer Marc Marquez penalty to MotoGP Court of AppealJack Miller: Everybody doubts me“I have new parts for this race, as Marc is not here Honda allows me to use the different chassis, the one that he’s riding,” Rins said.“Let’s see because we don’t have like a lot of time to try. And the weather forecast is not fantastic. So it’s going to be important to make a good plan for Friday.“More or less what we are going to do is have just one bike like Portimao and one bike like with the new [chassis].”And we are going to jump from one bike to the other to test because also on Friday there’s the chance to go to Q2 direct. So everything is super tight!”Rins finished 13th in the Portimao Sprint and then 10th, as the top Honda, after Marquez’s accident in the Sunday race.Related MotoGP Argentina, Termas – Friday Practice (2) Argentina Moto2 Grand Prix, Termas – Friday Practice Results
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