Luca Marini: “We have to be smart”
“We have to be smart… We have to understand all the updates we have on the bi꧅ke and how to mix them in the best wa⛦y”

Repsol Honda arrives at this weekend’s Indonesian MotoGP fresh from its best race of the sಞeaso꧙n at Misano last Sunday.
For the first time this year, both Joan Mir and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini scored🐲 points, for 11th and 12th places respectively.
Mir thus equalled Honda’s best result of the season, while Marini claimed 🧜by far his highest finish on the RC213V.
The big question now i♕s whether the new package of parts introduced between Misano 1 and Misano 2 will show the same promise at Mandalika.
“We have to be smart because everything we tried in Misano maybe doesn’t work here becau♐se it is a completely different situation,” Marini said.
“So on Friday we have to try to understand all the updates we have on the bikeꦗ and how 🦄to mix them in the best way, or maybe just leave them as in Misano, to find the best compromise for these last races.
“Be🀅cause here the grip especially will be completely different to 💙Misano.”
Marini, who took pole position for VR46 Ducati at Mandalika last season, is optimistic. Not only is it a good track for the Italian but Honda finished a reasonable 11th (Takaaki Nakagami, Sprint) and 9thꦏ (Alex Rins, GP) last season.
“I think the bike has made a step in general so it ♏will work well here also,” Marini predicted. “We have to understand if the perf꧙ormance can be the same level or lower or maybe higher. Because last year here Honda was quite fast.
“I made the pole position but also Taka and Marc were no♐t far and also for race pace it was one of the best races for Honda. So I hope we can fight for a good position and st💯ay in the points and, for qualifying, maybe go in Q2.”
Marini confirmed that thಞe new aero package was the biggest improvement between Misano 1 and Misano 2.
“We had many changes and updates from the test. We have a new sꦺwingarm, new aero - which was the biggest change especially - and a few other things in the bike that help us to find better corner entry speed and turning,” he said.
“Still the traction is something difficult to solve, on the exit part of the corner. We are st💮ill working on it.”
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