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

Luca Marini plans to eventually leave his brother Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team to search for a factory MotoGP seat.
Luca Marini, Tissot sprint race, MotoGP, Thailand MotoGP, 28 October
Luca Marini, Tissot sprint race, MotoGP, Thailand MotoGP, 28 October

Rossi’s VR46 squad have enjoyed a stunning MotoGP season, largely through Marco Bezzecchi who claimed his own and his team’s first ever 𝕴win in the premier class.

Bezzecchi still has an outside-chance of🌟 becoming champ🦩ion, a goal which Marini also holds.

“Yes of course,” he told .

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, but yo𒐪u have💙 to 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 riꩵding 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 switch in 🦂2024.

“Now I have 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 no๊w the Honda is not the best bike.

“I think Honda will once again have a competitive bike to fight for the Woᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤🗹ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrld Championship.”

'When the time arises I will try to go to a factory team'

Luca Marini, Thailand MotoGP 28 October
Luca Marini, Thailand MotoGP 28 October

Marini admits that he will one day exit his famous b𒉰rother’s team.

“Of course, of course, it's somethi♋ng I have to do,” he said. 

“I have to make my way. In my current team, I am very professional, working onღe 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 myself a lot to develop a m𒊎otorcyc🔯le. 

“I t🔯hink I have a very good sensitivity that few rid💃ers have. I have many strong points.

“I think I work very well 🐽in the box with the en෴gineers. 

“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, Spanisꦉh, French and some Polish). 

“And 🅠the pressure doesn't affect me either, because when it appears it means that you are going to fight for something important and I feel good there.

“I may be in the best moment of my career, but I am not close to the limiꦑt I can reach. 

“I ha💖ve to work well 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. 

“I also work on my interior, my mental experience, I learn from mistakes and listen tꦡo older🏅 people, people with a lot of experience. 

“To my brother, of course, but there are also very int😼eresting people within the team and from whom I try to learn.꧟ And you even learn from the other riders.”

Mar🅺ini will again ride a year-o🗹ld Ducati in 2024. Can MotoGP’s best machine be improved further?

“It is difficult, because i♛t is a 𓆏very complete motorcycle, with many strong points,” he said.

“But a little more sp💟eed on the straight would not be bad and Ducati𓃲 is very capable of achieving it.

“It has very good power and aerodynamics and Ducati engineers al💞ways have something more.”

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