In his move to Monster Energy Yamaha in MotoGP, Alex Rins is working again with Yuta Shimabukuro, whom he has known since his time at Suzuki. Following the Valencia test, he believes he made the right decision in requesting the hiring of the japanese engineer.
Speaking to the press, the rider expressed satisfaction with the engineer’s work during the test, also highlighting Shimabukuro’s previous experience:
– The fact that we have Yuta at the team is quite nice because he has a lot of experience with the Suzuki bike. He was one year with GasGas/KTM. I realised I made a good decision taking him, because he already asked something on the electronic side, something similar to what I was using and it was working well. So I think we have a lot of things to try and to test.