Luca Marini was despite himself one of the negative protagonists of the first Sprint in the history of the MotoGP, staged today in Portimao. The Mooney VR46 driver was among those who started in the front rows and immediately entered the battle for the top positions, which became heated from the very first stages of the 12 scheduled laps.
However, his race ended almost immediately, during the second lap. Trying to take advantage of the fact that Enea Bastianini had ended up wide, he narrowed his trajectory and lost the front of his Desmosedici GP, ending up involving the official Ducati rider in the accident, who suffered a fractured shoulder blade in the fall , which will prevent him from racing tomorrow, but also from leaving for Argentina, where the MotoGP will stop next week.
After saying he was sorry for his compatriot, Luca then tried to better explain the dynamics of what happened.
“In the previous lap I had passed Vinales in the same way. Enea went wide and I tried to tighten the trajectory more: I leaned one more degree and the front closed. Unfortunately, my bike hit him and It was a real shame. I’m sorry for him if he got hurt,” Marini said.
“I immediately went to the garage to try and understand why I had crashed, because it didn’t seem like I had done anything strange, and according to the telemetry, I was bent one more degree. Unfortunately, you can’t go wrong with the MotoGP now. Never” , he added.
Although he doesn’t have proof, given that his sprint lasted only two laps, the Ducati rider explained that the impact of Saturday’s short race isn’t so much physical as mental, because the fundamental thing is to try to avoid making mistakes like instead it happened to him today.
“I think no one is physically in difficulty doing so few laps. It’s just a matter of creating gaps in the most correct way possible, trying not to touch anyone. This year we have to avoid contact as much as possible and we also talked about it in the Safety Commission”.
“It’s incredible for the show, only that the risks increase a lot, because it’s another fundamental race, so I’ve seen all the riders very aggressive, always on the verge of contact. Another 20 races like this will be tough,” he concluded.
Luca Marini, VR46 Racing Team
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