Luca Marini spoke to Honda but “when the time arises I’ll go to a factory team”

Rossi’s VR46 squad have enjoyed a stunning MotoGP season, largely through Marco Bezzecchi who 🧜claimed his own and his team’s firs☂t ever win in the premier class.
Bezzecchi still h💯as an outside-chance of becoming champion, a goal which Marini also holds.
“Yes of course,” he told .
“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, but you have t⛦o go step by step.
“The next thing is to win a race and then go to a factory team, to develop a🐓 good bike that can be perfect for my riding style.
“Of course, with the Ducati I feel very good.”
Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig reportedly spoke to Marini at last weekend’s Thailand MotoGP about a possible s𓂃witch in 2024.
“Now I 🧜havဣe a contract with my team for next season and I have to do a good job, because we have a lot of potential ahead of us,” Marini reacted.
“But of course ♑you think as a rider in that position, because it is an incredible position even though now the Honda is not the best bik🦩e.
“I think Honda will once again have 🔯a competitive bike to fight for the World Championship.”
'When the time arises I will try to go to a factory team'

Marini admits that he will one day exit his famous ဣbrother’s team.
“Of course, of course, it's s𓂃omething I have to do,” he said.
“I have to make my way. In my current team, I am very pro💙fessional, working oneꦜ hundred percent every day, to obtain the best result.
“But when the time arises I will try to go to a factory team, because🦩 I trust m📖yself a lot to develop a motorcycle.
“I think I have a very good sensitivity that few ri🍸ders have. I have many strong points.
“I ♕think I work very well in the box 🏅with the engineers.
“My feelings are very clear and I can explain myself very well in each language and say what the bike needs (I speak Italian, English, Spanis🌞h, French and some Polish).
“And the pressure doesn't affect me either, because when it🐼 appears it means tha♈t you are going to fight for something important and I feel good there.
“I may bꦚe in the best moment of my career, but I am not close to the limit I ca😼n reach.
“I have to work wel𒀰l with the team and at home, to improve in each race. I have to enjoy this moment, bec♔ause I am with the Ducati, which is a competitive motorcycle, with which you can win in every race.”
How does Marini remain so serene?
“It is because of character and how you grow. ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ;
“I also work on my interior, my🔯 mental e💙xperience, I learn from mistakes and listen to older people, people with a lot of experience.
“To my brother, of course, but there are also very interesting people within the team and f🧸rom whom I try to learn. And you even learn from the other riders.”
Ma꧟rini will again ride a year-old Ducati in 2024. Can MotoGP’s best machine be improved further?
“It is difficult, because it is a very compl𒐪ete motorcycle, with many strong point🐲s,” he said.
“But a little more speed on the straight would not be bad and Ducati is very caﷺpable of achieving it.
“It has very good power and aerodynamics and Ducati engineers always hav🌄e somethi🐓ng more.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports f൲or a decade covering everything from American sports, to ♐football, to F1.