# Álex Rins

Álex Rins Navarro (born 8 December 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer for the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team in the MotoGP class. He was the 2011 CEV Buckler 125 Junior GP Champion, and made his Grand Prix motorcycle racing debut in the Moto3 World Championship during the 2012 season.

## Career
### Moto3 World Championship

Born in Barcelona, Rins began his career in Moto3 with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team. In his second meeting, Rins took pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix. He took his first podium in France, with third place. He scored no further podiums, but was very consistent throughout the remainder of the season, regularly finishing in the top ten. He finished fifth in the final standings and became the rookie of the year.
He continued racing for Estrella Galicia 0,0 alongside Álex Márquez in 2013, which would prove to be his breakthrough year. Maverick Viñales, Luis Salom and Rins dominated the season, with Rins scoring 6 wins, 14 podiums and 8 poles, and was in the running for the title throughout the season, finishing second to Viñales by a margin of 12 points.
He continued to race for Estrella Galicia 0,0 in 2014. The 2014 season saw a dip in Rins' performance with 2 wins, 8 podiums and 4 poles which was lesser than his previous years' performance. Ultimately Rins finished the season in third place in the riders' championship.

### Moto2 World Championship
#### Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (2015–2016)

Rins moved to Moto2 for 2015 with the Paginas Amarillas HP 40 team riding a Kalex. He sported the racing number 40, for the team's sponsorship purposes. In a season dominated by Johann Zarco, Rins achieved 2 wins and 10 podiums, ultimately finishing second in the final standings and winning the rookie of the year.
Rins stayed with the Paginas Amarillas HP 40 team for 2016. The season began well for Rins, achieving wins in Austin and Le Mans and 7 podiums. However, a late season slump coupled with a surge in performance from Thomas Lüthi resulted in Rins finishing the season in third place.

### MotoGP World Championship
#### Team Suzuki Ecstar (2017–2022)

Rins moved up to the MotoGP class for the 2017 season with Team Suzuki Ecstar alongside his new teammate, Andrea Iannone, and changed his number back from 40 to 42. The first half of his season was hampered when he broke his wrist during practice at Texas in April, and didn't return to the bike until two months later at Assen. However, his fortunes took an upturn with a season-best fifth place in the wet in Japan, bettered with a fourth-place finish at the final round in Valencia.
An improved Suzuki machine coupled with a lack of injuries allowed Rins to be a consistent podium contender in 2018. Despite a disappointing start to the season with 5 retirements in 9 races, Rins amassed 5 podiums (including second place in both of the final two rounds) and a total of 169 points, finishing the season in 5th place of the rider's championship and 36 points ahead of his teammate Iannone.
On 17 May 2018, ahead of the French GP, Rins was confirmed to have signed a two-year extension with Suzuki, guaranteeing his factory rider position with the Hamamatsu manufacturer through 2020.
For the 2019 season, Rins was paired with MotoGP rookie and 2017 Moto3 champion Joan Mir. After finishing just outside of the podium in both the Qatar and Argentine round, Rins won the 2019 Grand Prix of the Americas whilst dueling with Valentino Rossi after the retirement of Marc Márquez. It is his first win in the MotoGP class and Suzuki's first win since Maverick Viñales won the 2016 British Grand Prix as well as their 2nd premiere class win since their return to MotoGP. Rins finished the season with 205 points which got him the 4th place in the championship, his best MotoGP season finish to date.

#### LCR Honda Castrol (2023)

On 19 July 2022, Rins signed a two-year deal with LCR Honda starting in 2023.
Rins won the Grand Prix of the Americas becoming the first rider other than Marc Marquez to win for Honda since Cal Crutchlow in the 2018 Argentine Grand Prix.

#### Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP (2024–)

On August 3, 2023 Rins announced he will be leaving Honda and the LCR Team to join the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP for the 2024 MotoGP season, replacing the seat made vacant by Franco Morbidelli.
Rins would be retained by Yamaha for the 2025 and 2026 season.

## Career statistics
### CEV Buckler 125GP Championship
#### Races by year

(key)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos | Pts |
| 2010 | CAT 1 | ALB1 6 | JER1 2 | ARA 3 | ALB2 2 | VAL 3 | JER2 4 | 3rd | 120 |
| 2011 | JER1 1 | ARA 2 | CAT 1 | ALB1 3 | ALB2 16 | VAL 3 | JER2 16 | 1st | 102 |

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2012 | Moto3 | Suter Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 141 | 5th |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 311 | 2nd |
| 2014 | Moto3 | Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 237 | 3rd |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 234 | 2nd |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 214 | 3rd |
| 2017 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 16th |
| 2018 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 5th |
| 2019 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 205 | 4th |
| 2020 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 3rd |
| 2021 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 13th |
| 2022 | MotoGP | Suzuki | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 7th |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Honda | LCR Honda Castrol | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 19th |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Yamaha | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18th |
| 2025 | MotoGP | Yamaha | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5* | 16th* |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 213 | 18 | 58 | 17 | 19 | 2071 | |

#### By class

| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
| Moto3 | 2012–2014 | 2012 Qatar | 2012 France | 2013 Americas | 52 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 689 | 0 |
| Moto2 | 2015–2016 | 2015 Qatar | 2015 Americas | 2015 Indianapolis | 36 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 448 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2017–present | 2017 Qatar | 2018 Argentina | 2019 Americas | 125 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 934 | 0 |
| Total | 2012–present | 2012–present | 2012–present | 2012–present | 213 | 18 | 58 | 17 | 19 | 2071 | 0 |

#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Pts |
| 2012 | Moto3 | Suter Honda | QAT 10 | SPA 4 | POR 7 | FRA 3 | CAT Ret | GBR Ret | NED 6 | GER 20 | ITA 7 | INP 7 | CZE 5 | RSM 4 | ARA 6 | JPN 4 | MAL 7 | AUS 4 | VAL 16 | | | | | | 5th | 141 |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 3 | AME 1 | SPA Ret | FRA 2 | ITA 2 | CAT 2 | NED 3 | GER 1 | INP 1 | CZE 4 | GBR 2 | RSM 1 | ARA 1 | MAL 2 | AUS 1 | JPN 24 | VAL 3 | | | | | | 2nd | 311 |
| 2014 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 5 | AME 4 | ARG 5 | SPA 3 | FRA 2 | ITA 3 | CAT Ret | NED 2 | GER Ret | INP 5 | CZE 9 | GBR 1 | RSM 1 | ARA 4 | JPN 10 | AUS 3 | MAL 3 | VAL 5 | | | | | 3rd | 237 |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 4 | AME 3 | ARG 2 | SPA 18 | FRA 17 | ITA 11 | CAT 2 | NED 4 | GER 3 | INP 1 | CZE 3 | GBR 2 | RSM DSQ | ARA 2 | JPN 11 | AUS 1 | MAL Ret | VAL 2 | | | | | 2nd | 234 |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 8 | ARG 4 | AME 1 | SPA 3 | FRA 1 | ITA 7 | CAT 2 | NED 6 | GER Ret | AUT 3 | CZE 2 | GBR 7 | RSM 2 | ARA 6 | JPN 20 | AUS Ret | MAL 14 | VAL 5 | | | | | 3rd | 214 |
| 2017 | MotoGP | Suzuki | QAT 9 | ARG Ret | AME DNS | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED 17 | GER 21 | CZE 11 | AUT 16 | GBR 9 | RSM 8 | ARA 17 | JPN 5 | AUS 8 | MAL DSQ | VAL 4 | | | | | 16th | 59 |
| 2018 | MotoGP | Suzuki | QAT Ret | ARG 3 | AME Ret | SPA Ret | FRA 10 | ITA 5 | CAT Ret | NED 2 | GER Ret | CZE 11 | AUT 8 | GBR C | RSM 4 | ARA 4 | THA 6 | JPN 3 | AUS 5 | MAL 2 | VAL 2 | | | | 5th | 169 |
| 2019 | MotoGP | Suzuki | QAT 4 | ARG 5 | AME 1 | SPA 2 | FRA 10 | ITA 4 | CAT 4 | NED Ret | GER Ret | CZE 4 | AUT 6 | GBR 1 | RSM Ret | ARA 9 | THA 5 | JPN 7 | AUS 9 | MAL 5 | VAL 5 | | | | 4th | 205 |
| 2020 | MotoGP | Suzuki | SPA DNS | ANC 10 | CZE 4 | AUT Ret | STY 6 | RSM 5 | EMI 12 | CAT 3 | FRA NC | ARA 1 | TER 2 | EUR 2 | VAL 4 | POR 15 | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 139 |
| 2021 | MotoGP | Suzuki | QAT 6 | DOH 4 | POR Ret | SPA 20 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT | GER 11 | NED 11 | STY 7 | AUT 14 | GBR 2 | ARA 12 | RSM Ret | AME 4 | EMI 6 | ALR 8 | VAL Ret | | | | | 13th | 99 |
| 2022 | MotoGP | Suzuki | QAT 7 | INA 5 | ARG 3 | AME 2 | POR 4 | SPA 19 | FRA Ret | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | GER DNS | NED 10 | GBR 7 | AUT 8 | RSM 7 | ARA 9 | JPN Ret | THA 12 | AUS 1 | MAL 5 | VAL 1 | | | 7th | 173 |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Honda | POR 10 | ARG 9 | AME 1$^2$ | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA DNS | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | CAT | RSM | IND | JPN WD | INA 9 | AUS DNS | THA | MAL | QAT | VAL Ret | | | 19th | 54 |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Yamaha | QAT 16 | POR 13 | AME Ret | SPA 13 | FRA 15 | CAT 20 | ITA 15 | NED Ret | GER | GBR DNS | AUT 16 | ARA 9 | RSM 19 | EMI DNS | INA 11 | JPN 16 | AUS 13 | THA Ret | MAL 8 | SLD 21 | | | 18th | 31 |
| 2025 | MotoGP | Yamaha | THA 17 | ARG 11 | AME | QAT | SPA | FRA | GBR | ARA | ITA | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | HUN | CAT | RSM | JPN | INA | AUS | MAL | POR | VAL | 16th* | 5* |
* Season still in progress.