{"id":63705,"date":"2025-08-12T23:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63705\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T23:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:33:06","slug":"the-18-podium-motogp-rider-who-had-a-party-mode-button-on-his-dashboard-so-he-could-show-off-for-the-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/63705\/","title":{"rendered":"The 18-podium MotoGP rider who had a &#8216;party mode&#8217; button on his dashboard so he could &#8216;show off&#8217; for the fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the high-adrenaline world of MotoGP, engineers are often on the hunt for every little scrap of performance they can wring out from the bikes they have developed. However, sometimes the little modifications can be for fun, too.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Marquez has shown what it\u2019s like to party like a MotoGP star in the celebrations seen in the Ducati garage after each of his wins throughout the 2025 MotoGP season.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen TikTok dances, champagne by the caseload and a swathe of smiles emerging from the Italian constructors\u2019 garage after the chequered flag.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/2025\/07\/05\/the-bizarre-reason-jack-miller-was-once-fined-by-honda-after-winning-a-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Miller was once fined by Honda<\/a> due to drinking out of his shoe following his win at the Dutch Grand Prix in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>The celebration seemed to take off after Miller\u2019s first \u2018shooey\u2019, with F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo paying homage to Miller by doing the same thing after his win at the 2016 German Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/2025\/01\/31\/who-is-jack-miller-life-outside-motogp-career-stats-praise-race-number-net-worth-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Everything to know about Jack Miller from net worth to wife<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suzuki added a \u2018party mode\u2019 feature to Alex Rins\u2019 dash so he could \u2018show off\u2019 on slowdown laps<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u2018party mode\u2019 comes from the six-time Grand Prix winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/tag\/alex-rins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Rins<\/a>, who reportedly had a button on his dash which allowed him to pull off stunts on his Suzuki bike on cooldown laps.<\/p>\n<p>Talking on The Race MotoGP podcast, journalist Simon Patterson revealed the fact, saying, \u201cCompletely unrelated, but this is the sort of random fact I never get the chance to throw out in a podcast, but you mentioned Marc [Marquez] in party mode. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex Rins had a spare button on his Suzuki dash that they set up as a party mode that he could push on a slow-down lap, so it switched off all the anti-wheelie and anti-skid so he could show off in the slow-down lap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision for Rins to want a \u2018party mode\u2019 function on his bike actually contrasts with his smooth and almost stiff riding style. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a shame the Spaniard didn\u2019t end up on the podium more often during his six-year stint with the Japanese constructor, or we would have witnessed some more exciting celebrations on the tarmac.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/2025\/03\/13\/who-is-alex-rins-everything-you-need-to-know-from-net-worth-to-career-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Everything to know about Alex Rins from net worth to career stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is Alex Rins\u2019 future at Yamaha in MotoGP looking like?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/2024\/12\/28\/2025-motogp-rider-contract-wage-expire-bagnaia-martin-quartararo-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rins is currently contracted to Yamaha<\/a> until the end of 2026, when he will then be able to explore options heading into the new era of MotoGP set to begin in 2027. <\/p>\n<p>However, his future with the team until then isn\u2019t quite safe at the moment. Legendary rider manager Carlo Pernat believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/2025\/07\/31\/carlo-pernat-touts-the-reasons-yamaha-could-drop-alex-rins-and-its-not-jack-miller-replacing-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yamaha could drop Alex Rins for \u2018physical reasons\u2019<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>RIDERTEAMFranco MorbidelliVR46Luca MariniHondaJohann ZarcoLCRSomkiat ChantraLCRJack MillerPramacMotoGP contracts expiring in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Pramac\u2019s Miller has emerged as a name which could fulfil Rins\u2019 spot at the factory team if the team opts to move on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpnews.com\/2025\/08\/05\/where-all-yamaha-sponsors-stand-on-jack-miller-joining-fabio-quartararo-in-their-factory-2026-line-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yamaha has already had the okay from their main sponsors<\/a> about the move, due to the fact that the Australian is one of the \u2018most marketable\u2019 drivers on the grid. It remains to be confirmed where Miller will be riding next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the high-adrenaline world of MotoGP, engineers are often on the hunt for every little scrap of performance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[40457,64,63,806,805,803,804,85,3561],"class_list":{"0":"post-63705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-alex-rins","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-yamaha"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}