Alex Rins says his tussle with Marc Marquez during MotoGP qualifying atᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚꩵ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Brno last year was the moment he realised the reigning world champion viewed him as a rival.

Riding on a tricky damp track in tꦑhe Czech Republic, Rins was on a fast lap when he caught a slower-moving Marquez, the pair subsequently making contact as the Suzuki rider barged th♊rough a narrow space.

Marquez responded with a close pass of his own before pullin🔯g into pit lane. Rins followed, accelerating alongside before fading across the fr♏ont of the Repsol Honda rider, who reached out with his arm to put some space between their machines.

"෴Marc is so good at these mental things, he plays a lot with all the riders," R♒ins told the official MotoGP website.

"For example in Brno last 🉐year, I was on a fast lap, he looked behind at me and opened the line a little bit, but not too much. I was on the dry line and I touched him. I lost my lap, but I continued pushing. Then in the last c𓂃hicane he overtook me so closely, we were so close to a crash, and then he went into pit lane.

"From that moment, I said to myself, Marc is cons🌳idering me as a rival."

Rins - who declared "168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marquez has no respect for oth🔜er riders" immediately after the incident - got his revenge in the form of a thrilling last-corner victory pass on Marquez a few weeks🀅 later at Silverstone.

"Marc is the man to beat and the rivalry is so high," Rins sai🐓d. "More in 2019, because I🌸 shared more moments on track with him.

"For 😼sure whenever he finishes just in front of me, I'm a bit angry, I want to beat him. But also for him. I remember when I beat him in Silverstone he was so, so angry."

Rins added: "I like this because it means that I'm doing a good job. Marc is an incredible rider, winning a lot of races and championships, and if he thinks of me as a rival, it me✤ans I'm there fighting him."

Rins took two 𝓀;wins on his waওy to a best-yet fourth in the 2019 MotoGP standings.