Luca Marini has ope𝔍ned up on the ෴difficulty of receiving Valentino Rossi’s advice after leaving VR46.

Marini made the decision to leave his brother Rossi’s tea🐲m to become a factory rider for the first time this season, with Rep🎃sol Honda.

It resulted in a majo♓r change away from having a MotoGP legend in his corner.

Marini was asked how much support and advice he now receives from Rossi since joini꧋ng a rival team.

“At the beginning it was a litt🔥le bit complicated because he’s the owner, the boss, of the team,” Marini sai🎐d.

“But🌺 now we are talking with each other. We text each otꦗher.

“I try to ask something from him. From outside, un🤪derstand the situation with Hon♈da is a little bit complicated so I focus more on my feelings, and doing a good job with my team.”

Marini said about the pressure and expectaꦐtion of following in Rossi’s footsteps: “All of the comparisons with Vale, for all of the riders, aꦅre just a defeat. Vale was the GOAT of this sport.

“It’s great to be his brother! He’s a good guy.”

Now in his fourth season in the premier class, and following a career-best finish of eighth in the championship last year, Marini has found life🃏 at Honda tough.

He replaced Marc Marquez who quit the manufacturer that his success is synonymous with due to 🌟the underperforming bike🧸.

Marini’s new teammate Joan Mir had been thrown off the Honda countless times last year, and had publicly contemp🧸lated retirement as a result.

Remar🐎kably, it took Marini until the ninth round of this y🐻ear to register his first point as a Honda rider.

Even that one point was a result of a tyre pressure penalty for Augusto Fernandez who finished ahead of him at the Sachse🧜nring.

More frequently, Marini has been spotted riding at the back of📖 the pack this year.

But, he has vowed to stay long-term until his🅰 once-mighty manufacturer is back on top of the sport.

“Yes we are growing a lot. Things 𝔍are changing,” he insisted.

“It’s not easy because every manufacturer i🥃s pushing during t👍he season, and everybody is growing a lot.

“But yes, I want to be part of this process. This project, for me, is super great. It gives me a lot♋ of motivation.

“I want to win with Honda. Until this mom🌊ent, I want༺ to be here.”