Luca Marini mind games after MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas? He is told: “You’re worse than your brother!”

A private conversation between the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas podium trio - Alex Rins, Luca Marini and Fabio Quartararo - was revealing…
Luca Marini, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP race, Grand Prix Of The Americas, 16 April
Luca Marini, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP race, Grand Prix Of The Americas, 16 April

Quartararo to Marini: I was only focused on you.

Marini: I know. I gave you a good slipstream.

Quartararo: Like with Marco Bezzecchi or Jorge Martin…

Marini: Yes, incredible, they flew by.

Quartararo: They must have done that to you as well?

Marini: Yes. Enea Bastianini as well.

Rins: When Pe﷽cco crashed, I was scared that you would catch up. Because, in the end, he was carrying 💖me.

Marini: He made it easier for you.

Rins: I꧟t was e♉asier. I caught up with him on the chicane, but right on the limit.

Marini: That’s because our bike is heavy there.

Rins: Yes. Ours, as well.

Marini: Really?

Rins: Yes. When Pecco▨ crashed I made a few mistakes. 

Quartararo: At one point, I think at🍒 Turn 2 or 3, I narrowed the gap t💯o 1.9s.

Rins: Yeah, I went wide at Turn 15.

Marini: [Rins] made mistakes and [Q🧸uartararo] thought you could take advantage. That’s when I thought: ‘Go get him!’ But it wasn’t🎃 to be.

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Marini to Rins: What made the difference? Where are you str෴ongest here? Wher𒆙e do you go in strong?

Quartararo: In Sector 2, he’s really quick.

Rins: In all the chicanes.

Quartararo: But in 8, 9 and 10… wow. You were really quick.

Rins: Yes, maybe.

Marini: With the back brake going into Turn 10?

Rins: Not so much, because I’d crash.

Marini: So you open the throttle and you slide a little?

Rins: Yes, like that. You’re woꦉrse 🧔than your brother, man!

Rins: Honestly, I’m not sure.

Quartararo: He always goes for it.

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