MotoGP’s top two teams should be fighting over this rider

With it effectively confirmed that Ai Ogura is replacing Alex Rins in the Yamaha MotoGP team for 2027, one of the paddock’s most underrated racers faces the very real prospect of not having a race seat next year.That’s bad for Rins. But it’s a golden opportunity for MotoGP’s top two manufacturers going into the new rules era, and they should jump at this chance while they still can because he could solve a very real problem for either of them.While 30-year-old Rins might have been far from his best in recent seasons as he deals with the long-lingering effects of his horrible 2023 crash at Mugello that mauled his leg, he’s still got an awful lot to give at a crucial time for the series with the arrival of new 850cc machines – if he’ …