Valentino Rossi: “Luca Marini will find the right day | Luca Morbidelli must earn place”
Bezzecchi won his first-ever grand prix in Argentina, the first victory for Rossi’s Mooney V🔴R46 team, while reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia has already become the first Academy graduate to win the title.
But 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli have not been overlooked by ‘The Doctor’.
Marini, Rossi’s brother, clཧaimed his first MotoGP podium finish last🎶 time out at the Grand Prix of the Americas.
Eerily, Rossi’s penultimate MotoGP podium was also at COTA - on both occasꦯions, Alex Rins won the race.
Rossi told La Gazzet✨ta dello Sport about Marini: “He lacks victory but he ꧂is growing.
“He always works hard, let'ꦺs hope it arrives soon. It's about finding the right day, the right feeling with the bike.
“But ꦯhe is there, because Lꦇuca is very, very fast.”
Yamaha rider Morbidelli entered 2023 with major pressure on him, and rumours that he🔯 would be repla🐻ced for next year.
Jorge Martin continues to be heavily linked to his seat,🥃 and Toprak Razgatlıoglu’s recent test kept th൲e rumour mill swirling.
But Morbidelli has shown better-than-expected pace, even outperforming teammate Fabio Quartararo over the first two rounds, and finis🥀hing fourth in Argentina.
It has led Yamaha man𒆙aging director Lin Jarvis to admit that Morbide🔥lli remains their No 1 priority for 2024 - if he sustains this early form.
Rossi said about Morbidelli꧟: “We are delighted because at Termas we saw Franco again, which we need to know💫.
“I𓄧t's a very important moment for him, because in these races he has to try to be competitive to earn his place even in the next few years.
“In the meantime, having a race like this is very importantꦯ for morale, because he has first of all demonstrated to himself that he is there, that he can stan๊d there in front.
“But Argentina is a particular track, I would wait for the next ones to see, hoping tha🀅t it will be competit🦩ive, that it will be able to be at the level of Quartararo also in the next races.”
James was a sports journalist 🎃at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
