Qatar MotoGP: Luca Marini: “After four laps the rear tyre was finished, really worried about tomorrow”
The polesitter made a great start to the race and led during the🍸 early stages before🌠 coming under attack from Alex Marquez.
Marini held off Marquez’s challenge on two occasions but had no 🔜answer for eventual race winner Jorge Martin.
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Marini lost first place on lap five, before succumbing to the pꦬressure of Fabio Di Giannantonio on the same lap.
Although Marini called it a ‘fantastic Saturday’ after clai🌊ming pole with a new circuit record and a podium, the Italian is concerned for the main race.
Speaking to MotoGP.com, Marini said: “Fantast𝐆ic Saturday.♔ The weekend is not finished so we need to find something for tomorrow because today the race was really difficult for me.
“After four laps I finished the♈ rear☂ tyre. It was really difficult to arrive at the end of this sprint race. I am really worried about tomorrow.
“But we will see and try to understand what happened to find a solution bไecause in practice this never happened.
“Usually the harder rear makes an improvement l💙ap-by-lap but today was the complete opposite.
“Also, the front tyre was a question mark. I felt good with the so🐈ft but everyone else is using the hard.”
With tyre wear clearly a p🥃roblem for the Italian, making sure he finds a breakthrough in order to sustain a bigger challenge to the likes of Martin is his main aim between now and tomorrow’s night’s Grand Prix.
“At the beginning of this sprint race I was quite strong,” added Marini. “But as soon as I started struggling with the rear tyre my pace was finished. Tyre management will be the key of the race tomorro🌞w.”
