Luca Marini: ‘I expected to struggle less, you need to push like hell’

Luca Marini says Honda still has a lot t𒁏o work on after a difficult second day🎀 at the Sepang MotoGP test.

Luca Marini, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February
Luca Marini, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini was unable to match the strong pace set by team-mate Joan Mir on day-two of the Sepang MotoGP test, as he struggled with used tyres.

Marini put together a 13-lap race simulation before lunch, set▨ting ten 1m 59s lap💦 times in that same stint.

But the Italian expected more after a solid opening day: “It was difficult. We struggled quite a bit. Today we tried many things and we aꦗrrived at the race simulation with one package that is still not ready.

“Not ready with the setting I want to say. We need to work more with my crew chief. We are still going in a good direction but we need more tꦯime.

“I expected more from the race simulation but when the tyre drops the riding chang🧔es quite a bit. It is difficult to keep pushing with good lap t🍌imes.

“We know what we need 🅘to improve but we need time.”

The struggles for Marini were largely on use༺d tyres, while team-mate Mir showed promise during his fresh rubb🤡er stint.

“I expected to struggle less but with new🥀 tyres, it is not so bad,” said Marini. “If you look at the time from Joan it is very good.

“You need to risk a lot and you need to pus🐻h like hell to do a 1m 57s right now. The bike works but with uꦺsed tyres we are struggling a lot.

“It looks like the difference is a lot. The gap between first and us with used tyres is more than just the six tenths to Joan compared to Jorge in the qualify💎ing lap.”

Day-two saw riders test some of Michelin’s new front tyre allocation and Marini was pleased with the res✨ults.

Bu𒊎t when asked if manufacturers we෴re purposely making their riders follow each other in order to gain data on how they behave behind another rider, Marini refuted that idea and said it was for the aero effect.

Marini stated: “This is not foꦰr the tyres. I think for aerodynamics. Aprilia were all three of them together and I think for the heat, the temperature of the bike, how you fee♓l on your body.

"Aprilia also struggled a lot in the past year, so it’s to understand a little bit on the aerodynamic side wha⛄t ch♊anges on the bike.

“When you follow another rider it is quite a di🍸ff꧂erent situation.”

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