Date of birth: 08/12/1995 Birthplace: Barcelona Hometown: Barcelona Hobbies: supermotard, motocross, BTT. Nacionality: Spanish Years as Repsol rider: 2 (including 2012)
Honours
First Grand Prix: 2012 Qatar (Moto3) First Podium: 2012 France (Moto3) First Win: 2013 Austin (Moto3) Total Grand Prix: 20 (20 in Moto3) Fatest Laps: 2 (2 en Moto3) Poles: 3 (3 in Moto3) Podiums: 3 (3 in Moto3) Wins: 1 (1 in Moto3)
Sporting career
2003
Starts in motocross
2004
Champion in Aragón of motocross 6th in Catalonia Championship of motocross
2005
Starts in supermotard 65cc at Championship of Catalonia Starts in miniGP 50cc
2006
Runner-up of Catalonia in miniGP 70cc Runner-up of Catalonia in supermotard 85cc
2007
Champion of Catalonia in miniGP 70cc Champion of Catalonia in 80cc Champion at Mediterráneo 80cc Champion at 12 hours of resistance in Vic
2008
Runner-up at Mediterranean Championship Pre125GP Runner-up of Catalonia in Pre125GP
2009
Campeón de Catalunya de Velocidad Pre125GP 3º at Mediterranean Championship in Pre125GP
2010
3rd at CEV 3rd of Europe in 125 GP
2011
Champion at CEV in 125cc Runner-up of Europe in 125 GP
2012
Rookie Of The Year in Moto3 5th in Moto3
Biography
Álex Rins started his relationship with motorbikes in the same way as the majority of his peers: On the dust and mud of the motocross track, aged 6. A year later he entered his first race -in the Catalonia regional championship with a KTM 50cc automatic. He participated again the following year and placed sixth, in addition to a victory in the Aragón regional series.
He soon strung together a run of titles in various categories, picking up the runner-up trophy in the Promo 70cc competition and winning the Catalonia Supermotard 85cc title in his first year of entry. He went one better in his second participation in the Promo 70cc class in 2007 and added the Promo 80cc race victory and a win in the 12 Horas de Resistencia de Vic to his CV. It was a year of many races and many visits to the top step of the podium.
Rins signed up for the Pre 125 GP class in the Campeonato de Cataluña de Velocidad and Campeonato Mediterráneo de Velocidad race series in 2008, with second place his reward in both competitions.
He continued to fight on two fronts in 2009, as part of the Monlau Competición team under the guidance of Emilio Alzamora. He won in the Catalan Pre 125 GP championship that season but was unable to take the Meditteranean title due to his missing a race. However, his strong showings provided him with an opportunity to enter the Campeonato de España de Velocidad (CEV) in 2010.
Rins debuted at CEV 125GP level with Monlau Competición onboard an Aprilia RS. Thanks to the support of his team, he claimed third place overall. It was a result that ensured his return the following season, sharing a garage with rookies Álex Márquez and Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia. All three received Repsol backing.
With the title under his belt, the Spaniard moved up to the new Grand Prix Moto3 class in 2012, again with the support of Repsol. In his first year as a World Championship rider he was impressive: Rins claimed a podium at the French GP and showed consistency in his performances. He racked up 141 points and placed fifth overall in the standings, earning the Rookie of the Year honour.
Rins has become one of the fastest riders in the class. With the experience of a full World Championship season behind him, this year he will have a new KTM machine at his disposal with which to represent Repsol over the course of the year.
