Luca Marini: ‘I expected to struggle less, you need to push like hell’

Luca Marini says Honda still has a lot to work on after a difficult second day at the Sepa☂ng MotoGP test.

Luca Marini, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February
Luca Marini, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini was unable to match the strong pace set by team-mate Joan Mir on day-two of the Sepang MotoGP test, as he struggled with used tyres.

Marin🌌i put together a 13-lap race simulation befo🍷re lunch, setting ten 1m 59s lap times in that same stint.

But the Italian expected more after a solid opening day: “It was difficult. We struggled quite a bit. Today we tried many things and we arrived at the race simulation with one package that is stiౠll not ready.

“Not ready with the setting I want to say. We need to work more with my crew chief. We are s♍till going in a good direction but we need more time.

“I expected more from the race simulation bu𒁏t when the tyre drops the riding changes quite a bit. It is difficult to keep pushing with good lap times.

“We know what we nee🌼d to improve but we ne🌠ed time.”

The struggles for Marini were largely on used tyres, while team-mate Mir showed promise during his fresh rubber stin🧸t.

“I expe꧒cted to struggle less but with new tyres, it is not so bad,” said Marini. “If you look at the time from Joan it is very good.

“You need to risk a lot and you need to push like hell to🍨 do a 1m 57s right now. The bike works bꦑut with used tyres we are struggling a lot.

“It looks like the difference is a lot. The gap between first and us with used tyres is more than just the six tenths to Joan compa🎀red to Jorge in the qualifying lap.”

Day-tജwo saw riders test some of Michelin’s new front tyre allocation and Marini was pleased with the results🐎.

But when asked if manufacturers were purposely making their riders foꦡllow each other in order to gain data on how they behave behind another rider, Marini refuted that idea and said it was for the aero effect.

Marini stated: “This is ▨not for the tyres. I t♐hink for aerodynamics. Aprilia were all three of them together and I think for the heat, the temperature of the bike, how you feel on your body.

"Aprilia also struggꦯled a lot in the past year, so it’s to understand a little bit on the aerodynamic side what chan𝔉ges on the bike.

“Whenဣ you follow another rider it is quite a different situation.”

Read More