MotoGP 2019: 5 Talking Points from the French Grand Prix

#2 Rins needs to start qualifying better

Rins needs to step up in qualifying if he has to mount a championship challenge for Marquez

Alex Rins has probably one of the best bikes when it comes to the Raceday. But at the same time, he seems to have the worst when it comes to qualifying.

With regularity, Rins has qualified in woeful positions this year and pulled off some amazing results on Raceday.

He's been able to do it because Suzuki is an amazing race bike and one of the best on the grid.

But at the same time, Suzuki's poor qualifying form has hurt Rins badly.

If Rins has any aspirations of putting together a title challenge then he needs to start putting together better qualifying performances because more often than not he's been putting himself in situations where he's left with just too much to do on Sunday.

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