Rins moved to LCR Honda in 2023 after Suzuki, with whom he raced from his debut season in 2017, elected to quit MotoGP at the end of last year.
Despite winning Honda’s only grand prix in 2023 in Austin, Rins felt undervalued by the Japanese marque and decided to break a two-year deal to join Yamaha for 2024.
Following a second surgery on the leg he badly broke at the Italian GP, Rins returned to race action at the Valencia Grand Prix last weekend and was able to ride in Tuesday’s test on the Yamaha.
Rins completed 54 laps on the M1 and was 19th, 1.3 seconds off the pace.
His transition to Yamaha was always thought to be one Rins could make easily due to both the M1 and the Suzuki he previously raced being built around inline four-cylinder engines, and therefore had similar handling characteristics.
“It’s a very different bike compared to the Suzuki,” Rins noted.
“I can enter into the corner with more front brake and this is good because we can gain a little bit on the lap time.”
Source: Autosport