Rins hadn’t finished on the podium since last August’s British GP before the Termas race, but carved his way through from seventh to third in the early stages.
He steadily chipped away at the leading duo of Jorge Martin and eventual winner Aleix Espargaro, but couldn’t quite bridge the gap – taking the chequered flag in third, 1.3s from victory.
Having famously come from 10th on the grid to win the Aragon GP in 2020, Rins says repeating a podium charge from row three in Argentina seemed unlikely given how competitive MotoGP is now.
“Yeah, for sure I’m so happy for the race,” he said.
“Sincerely I didn’t expect to finish on the podium starting from seventh, on the third row, because the level of MotoGP is super high.
“So, it’s not like before. Before I could start in P10 and overtake some riders and arrive there to the podium.
“But we did a really good start, all the race maintaining this position and trying to arrive to Jorge and Aleix.
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