Luca Marini gives Ducati a second victory in the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix, after the absolute success achieved by Pecco Bagnaia with the factory Desmosedici.
The standard bearer of the VR46 team, who finished fourth at the finish line at the end of a consistent test that saw him stand out among the drivers of the independent teams, in a weekend that was not easy at all.
“I think it was my best race of the year together with that of Sachsenring, with Martin’s crash I was able to get a better overall position, but it was a more or less similar GP”, says the Marchesman at the arrival of Red Bull. Ring.
“Once again I had the pace to fight for the podium, another great thing considering everything. I don’t know if I could have climbed it, but it would have been useful to gain experience during the battles.”
“I didn’t take any risks because I felt I could calmly climb up with a good pace. I was ready to take a chance if they started getting annoyed up front, but they didn’t.”
Luca Marini, VR46 Racing Team
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And here Marini analyzes upstream what has not allowed him to grab a Top3 that he so much hopes to reach by the end of the season.
“I was strong on Saturday too, but unfortunately we need to improve in Qualifying, which is a bit our weak point. When you are forced to do Q1, there is always something that can happen and it is risky. On the other hand, between tires , bikes, riders and teams, here are all the best in the world and everyone is capable of doing a single lap “.
“Today starting so backwards is penalizing and difficult, if you go fast to get back up then you find yourself with worn tires and here it was the rear that gave problems. At Silverstone I had suffered a similar thing, in the last six laps it seemed to be on the ice for a long time we slipped “.
The Pesaro rider is happy because the team has managed to fix things so that they can overtake their rivals during the GP and recover positions.
“We still have to reach perfection so that I can give 100% with the bike and everything else. We are getting closer and here, after the initial fatigue, luckily we were able to put it all together by taking advantage of every session and moment useful for stay on track to test mappings and collect data “.
“We were good at making ends meet for the race and it went well. It was hard trying to figure out how to work because the conditions changed every session and even with the tires it wasn’t easy. The team worked very well, as if had a great experience in MotoGP, but we’re only in the first year and so I’m very happy. “
Luca Marini, VR46 Racing Team
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Now we look to Misano Adriatico, the home race for Marini and VR46 on the ‘Marco Simoncelli’, where to try to make a good impression there will also be tests to help the riders to prepare properly.
“Maybe it was easy going strong in one race to do well the next one, but it’s not like that. In Misano we know it’s the home race, that Ducati is strong and so on, but if you start in difficulty on Thursday, then the weekend. is uphill “.
“I can’t wait to carry out the pre-race tests, usually at the weekend there is not much chance to work on some details and here there were different parameters to fix with the electronics and tires that they put in tough test. The fact of having so little time to run on the track, in my opinion, is the worst aspect “.
“Then, as I said, the important thing will be to try to start from the front, maybe in the first two rows, so we will have to work well on the flying lap. In the race I know that I can play it because now I can always go fast.”
Finally Luca also comments on the great moment of his colleague and friend Bagnaia, who seems to be able to reopen the championship and to whom he would be very happy to offer his help with a view to the world championship.
“Pecco is very good, there is nothing more to say. If I could give him a hand I would be very happy because it would mean that I too am there to fight for the positions that matter. It’s my dream!”
“In the end we have to think that we are in MotoGP, so that’s the only reason we have to be happy. We look forward to the podium, when it arrives, it will arrive.”
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