Yamaha Sign Álex Rins for the 2025 and 2026 MotoGP Season as Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce that Álex Rins will be staying on as a rider with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team in 2025 and 2026 alongside Fabio Quartararo.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Álex Rins has signed on with the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team for the 2025 and 2026 MotoGP season.
The vastly experienced Spaniard is a household name for MotoGP fans. He has ample experience in the MotoGP paddock and has many premier-class and lower-class race victories (6x MotoGP, 4x Moto2, 8x Moto3, 18 in total) and podiums (18x MotoGP, 17x Moto2, 23x Moto3, 58 in total) to his name.
These achievements, on top of his skills, superb work ethic, and attention to detail, have Yamaha fully confident in their partnership with the 28-year-old. Moreover, Rins’ extensive experience has proven extremely valuable in 2024 and keeping him as a part of the project is a crucial element in Yamaha’s multi-year plan where bike development has the highest priority.
Following a foot and a hand injury sustained by Rins at the 2024 Dutch GP Race, MotoGP fans are eager to see the number-42 rider return to action in the British GP weekend as the second half of the 2024 season commences. Rins underwent surgery during the summer break and has been giving it his 100% to make a full recovery in time for Silverstone.
LIN JARVIS
Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing
We are delighted to announce that Álex Rins will continue as a Yamaha factory rider for a further two years.
We have clearly stated that we have a strong desire and intent to return to the top again in the MotoGP championship. To achieve that goal, we have already recruited new staff, changed our internal organisation structures, and expanded our external technical partnerships. We have additionally committed to expand our presence in 2025 with an independent second Factory Team and now it is time to ensure that we have the riders we want to achieve the results we, and they, crave for.
Álex signing on for two more years is an important part of our plan for the MotoGP Project.
Álex is not only a very talented and fast rider, but he is also technically savvy, a hard worker, and a real team player. The collaboration between Álex and Fabio gives Yamaha the confidence that together they can strengthen the bike development project.
Now that the 2025-26 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider line-up is established, we are greatly looking forward to the next 11 races of the 2024 season with Álex and Fabio, fully focused on the task at hand.
ÁLEX RINS
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider
I’m very happy to continue working with Yamaha for two more years, and I want to thank the team and the management in Iwata for their trust in me.
We have a clear goal, to bring Yamaha where it belongs, and that’s to fight for championships.
Since the first minute, I have seen Yamaha’s willingness to improve and how they are putting in all the resources to reach that objective. As a result, and thanks to our work, we have made some important steps this season heading in that direction, and we want to continue that way in the following years.
I’m delighted to keep bringing my experience in MotoGP and work ethic to a team that has proved to be pushing very hard all together and that will continue doing so.
ÁLEX RINS
Racing Career
First Grand Prix: Qatar GP 2012 (Moto3)
First Grand Prix Win: 2013 Americas GP (Moto3)
First Premier Class Grand Prix Win: 2019 Americas GP
Grand Prix Wins: 18 (6x MotoGP, 4x Moto2, 8x Moto3)
Podiums: 58 (18x MotoGP, 17x Moto2, 23x Moto3)
Pole Positions: 17 (4x Moto2, 13x Moto3)
2023 MotoGP World Championship (19th – 54 points) [Only participated in 10 GP weekends due to injury]
2022 MotoGP World Championship (7th – 173 points)
2021 MotoGP World Championship (13th – 99 points)
2020 MotoGP World Championship (3rd – 139 points)
2019 MotoGP World Championship (4th – 205 points)
2018 MotoGP World Championship (5th – 169 points)
2017 MotoGP World Championship (16th – 59 points)
2016 Moto2 World Championship (3rd – 214 points)
2015 Moto2 World Championship (2nd – 234 points) [Rookie of the Year]
2014 Moto3 World Championship (3rd – 237 points)
2013 Moto3 World Championship (2nd – 311 points)
2012 Moto3 World Championship (5th – 141 points) [Rookie of the Year]
Álex Rins Biography
Álex Rins won the CEV in 2011 before moving up to the Moto3 World Championship in 2012 and gaining the title of Rookie of the Year. A title contender down to the last corner in 2013, with more wins and podiums, the Spaniard was just beaten to the crown by compatriot Maverick Viñales. After a more difficult 2014 affected slightly by injury, Rins moved to Moto2 for 2015 and was Rookie of the Year, taking two wins in his debut season in the intermediate class. A title challenger in 2016, the former national Champion finished the season in third after more impressive wins and podiums and moved up to MotoGP in 2017 with Team Suzuki Ecstar.
Despite some trouble with injury and missed races, Álex was impressive and took some top-five results as a rookie – a good springboard for his sophomore season. He went on to take five podiums in 2018, consistently fighting at the front: another solid foundation for 2019. The next step was claiming a maiden MotoGP victory at the Americas GP before repeating the feat in Silverstone. 2020 was another outstanding year for the Spaniard as he claimed a victory in the Aragon GP as well as podium finishes in the Catalan, Teruel, and European GP, helping him claim third overall in the Championship.
2021, however, with crashes at crucial times costing him dearly, was a year to forget for Rins. He had opportunities on no fewer than six occasions but only tasted podium success once, at the British GP. The Spaniard bounced back in 2022, delivering some superb performances despite real adversity. With the team at the top of the championship after five rounds, Suzuki‘s planned exit hit them hard, resulting in a dip in form. But magnificent wins at Phillip Island and Valencia saw Rins finish the season as the in-form man, giving him great confidence heading into a new adventure with LCR Honda. He started the year strong, securing a dominant win at COTA, but a leg injury sustained in the Italian GP Sprint halted his 2023 campaign. Rins underwent two surgeries, missing a total of 10 GPs.
Already planning during his absence, Álex was keen to get back into a Factory Team. During the summer, he signed a contract with Yamaha Motor Company to join Fabio Quartararo in 2024 as part of the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP line-up. After a brief return to the track in Japan, Indonesia and Australia, the Spaniard went in for another surgery, focusing on a complete recovery. He could hardly contain his excitement during the Valencia Test in November and having spent the winter break preparing for the 2024 season, he felt ready for his Yamaha debut.
Though the first half of his journey with Yamaha was not without trials (in particularly his highside at the Dutch GP that resulted in injuries that saw him sit out the German GP), Rins did notice a positive trend. Having put in extensive work with the Yamaha engineers and the team during race weekends, official IRTA tests, and private tests, Álex is looking forward to things to come as the Yamaha MotoGP Project stays firmly focused on bike development.
