Rider Profile
2026 Season Snapshot
- Position
- 20
- Points
- 24
- Grand Prix starts
- 15
- Grand Prix wins
- 0
- Grand Prix podiums
- 0
- Pole positions
- 0
Sprint wins: 0Sprint podiums: 1
A front-runner in two junior classes
Spanish rider Álex Rins won a CEV junior title in 2011, entered the Moto3 world championship in 2012 and earned Rookie of the Year. In 2013 he took the championship fight to the final round and finished runner-up. After moving to Moto2, he again took wins and Rookie of the Year in his first season.
Rins finished third in Moto2 in 2016, then joined Suzuki in MotoGP in 2017. Injury affected his rookie season, although he still achieved a top-five finish. Five Grand Prix podiums in 2018 laid the foundation for challenging for wins.
Defining victories with Suzuki and Honda
Rins took his first MotoGP Grand Prix victory at the Americas in 2019 and won again at Silverstone that year. In 2020 he added another win at Aragón and finished third overall, demonstrating his front-running competitiveness with Suzuki.
Before Suzuki withdrew at the end of 2022, Rins still won in Australia and Valencia. After joining Honda LCR in 2023, he won again at the Americas. A serious leg injury in Italy that year caused him to miss several races, bringing another period of recovery and adjustment to his career.
His 2026 role at Yamaha
Rins joined Yamaha’s factory team in 2024 and continues with number 42 alongside Fabio Quartararo in 2026. This move brings his Suzuki and Honda experience into a third manufacturer’s premier-class programme.
Yamaha moves to a V4 engine in 2026, requiring both factory riders to adapt to a new motorcycle platform. Rins’s experience across manufacturers is an important thread in his career, while his current performance can be compared with his teammate and the Pramac Yamaha line-up.
What to watch
Focus on how Rins links consecutive corners, closes on the rider ahead and completes overtakes, then compare lap times in the first and second halves of the race. His two Americas victories, one for Suzuki and one for Honda, are clear historical reference points. During his Yamaha years, watch adaptation and weekend consistency under comparable track conditions.
Statistics scope
Historical statistics on this page cover only the MotoGP premier class, with Grand Prix wins and Sprint wins listed separately. Moto2, Moto3, 125cc and WorldSBK honours are described separately in the biography. The figures are a snapshot of the official API on 1 October 2026; see this site’s standings for the latest points.
Last checked: 1 October 2026 · Historical statistics and current points are maintained separately