Luca Marini will be one of three debutants in MotoGP this season, but this competition between rookies will have a particular flavor in 2021. Indeed, the trio will be equipped with Ducati, with the theoretical advantage for Jorge Martin of benefiting from a GP21 . The other two, Bastianini and Marini, will be teammates with GP19s. A sort of single-brand competition is therefore underway and the verdict will be final for the losers who will not have the excuse of equipment while the winner will by the same token be more than legitimate. Luca Marini, who on paper is rated as the least talented of the trio, is already at work and deep in thought...
Luca marini is the half-brother of Valentino Rossi and will display the colors of the VR46, but these supports, however important they may be, hardly influence a stopwatch. The Moto2 world vice-champion of a Enea Bastianini crowned in 2020 who will be his teammate is already working on what awaits him next week at Qatar. A reflection that began with the Ducati group's trip to the Grand Prix in Jerez on the Panigale V4S : " I tried the Panigale for the first time. I thought it was going to be complicated, but in the end I found a bike that suited me very well, with incredible power and very good electronics, so I really liked it » says Marini.
« It was a great day for Ducati and for all the riders, there was a good atmosphere and a competitive atmosphere, everyone was trying to push each other to do better and we attacked a lot from the start, so it was a lot of fun » he concludes on this experience. Words that will go straight to the hearts of Ducati executives who did not appreciate the words of their former pilot Dovizioso about the atmosphere reigning in the brand's box.
He adds : " I think right now any advice is important to me. Trying to understand as much as possible is important and getting as much information as possible from guys who have more experience than me in MotoGP ". In this sense, he has already made contact with Pecco Bagnaia to talk about the Desmosedici: “ I talked a lot with my technical engineers and my team and tried to organize my work for the next test. There is no need to race against the clock during the test as it is the race weekend that counts ».
Luca Marini and the height and weight difference
Personalized tests in Losail which will be important, because at Avintia, we will have a Enea Bastianini 1m68 for 64 kilos and a Luca marini 1m84 and 69 kilos…” I've already been to Ducati and gotten on the bike, so we've already taken some steps to make me as comfortable as possible on my bike and to allow me to give my best " answers Marini on this topic.
« Of course, Ducati has had very different riders with their size in the past, for example with Petrucci and Dovizioso who were very different in size and they had two different bikes. Everyone has the right to own their motorcycle in terms of balance and positioning. This is going to be very important because of physical stress and you need to be as comfortable as possible to perform at your best » ends on crash.net the Italian with six Grand Prix victories, all in Moto2.
