According to both racers, Suzuki’s plan to retire from MotoGP at the end of 2022 had no bearing on Friday’s French Grand Prix practise.
The race at Le Mans this week is the first after Suzuki announced previous week that it would depart MotoGP at the end of the season, with the Japanese manufacturer announcing its plans on Thursday at Le Mans.
Despite concerns this has generated for both racers, Rins came in third overall at Le Mans on Friday, while Mir placed eighth after being hampered by an accident in FP2.
Rins claimed it was “very normal” to set aside the Suzuki announcement and concentrate on the task at hand when questioned by Motorsport.com.
“Sincerely, it was easy to focus,” Rins began.
“I’m quite happy because I was able to do that. It’s not easy trying to forget or put aside all the things that are happening, but we do it and I’m quite happy for all of this.
“The atmosphere was quite good, at least on my side.
“I felt quite good with my mechanics, with my crew chief, with my engineers. Here in MotoGP if you blink your eyes you are out of Q2.
“You have to be focused, I think I did a good job today but I did a good job.
“Yeah, I mean during all those days you think you need to be more careful this weekend, or push more or be more concentrated. But it comes quite easy, quite natural. This is good news.”
Teammate Mir claims that off-track temptations arise every season, but that a rider has no option but to ignore them while on the bike.
“During a normal year you always have some grands prix that you have some troubles,” Mir added.
“It’s normal. Maybe it’s personal, professional. You have to know how to separate all this stuff.
“It’s part of our job. Now, for sure, we are living a difficult situation. But on track it’s completely the same situation.
“We are a really good team. For sure, the atmosphere when we are working is completely the same.
“We all want the same. But maybe on one Wednesday, one Thursday, you see the team not happy and this is normal. And more in this race, everything was so new.”
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