Seatoday.com, Jakarta The LCR Honda team is certain to lose Alex Rins again in the 2023 Thailand MotoGP, who is currently sidelined to recover from his injury. Alex Rins, who took part in the first training session at the Phillip Island Circuit last weekend, has now returned to Barcelona to undergo treatment. Now LCR Honda is confused about finding a replacement to be able to fill the former Suzuki rider's empty seat at the Chang International Circuit. "After Phillip Island, my leg condition got worse, I couldn't go to Thailand," said Rins.
Iker Lecuona, who can usually be called on a whim, this weekend also has the task of racing in WorldSBK representing Team HRC. Meanwhile, Stefan Bradl is also busy with his test program in Europe, so it is not possible to fly to Buriram. "I just came back from Melbourne. But Tuesday and Wednesday I had a test in Jerez. So I can't race with LCR in Thailand," said Stefan Bradl. In fact, this is not the first time that the Honda satellite team has encountered similar difficulties in MotoGP 2023. At the Misano Circuit a few weeks ago, HRC tried to field a Japanese racer, Takumi Takahashi.
This racer, who lacks experience in Grand Prix was also appointed to fill the position of Rins who was injured. Unfortunately, Takahashi performed very poorly, not even being able to achieve the minimum lap time at the Misano Circuit. This meant that Takahashi failed to qualify and was unable to take part in the race which was won by Jorge Martin. So the option of trying Takahashi again is clearly impossible for the Japanese giant to try again.
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