This time, all the boxes are filled for a VR46 team in MotoGP with Ducati whose essential question of financing was unclear. But that was before the Italian Mooney brought the light, casting definitively into the shadows the dark promises of a Saudi prince in need of exposure. Listening to Luca Marini, who will be the first driver of the academy system in the premier category, there is nothing to regret. The supposedly pharaonic project with the Saudis will thus be “grandiose” with the Italian compatriots.
At least that's the assessment made by the half-brother of Valentino Rossi who will inherit in 2022 a Ducati state-of-the-art, while in 2021, for his rookie season, he was the least convincing of the six drivers equipped with Desmosedici. And the fact of only having had a GP19 is not an excuse, since his teammate bastianini had the same one, which he put on the podium on two occasions…
But physically, it wasn't that, while the driving position wasn't great, due to its large size. In 2022, things should be better, with a season in hand and the eternal satisfaction of having been able to run with your eldest Valentino Rossi : " it was a pleasure to share his last season with him » commented Luca marini. “ I'm very proud to have arrived in MotoGP early enough to be able to spend time on the track with him ».
Luca Marini: “ we will have great satisfaction next year«
But here we are with new colors. Who rejoice Marini : " the new VR46 Academy project could be huge and with Ducati's support I hope we can do big things » the one who will have the rookie as a teammate is stamping with impatience Bezzecchi of the academy.
« More or less the goal this season was what we did. I didn't expect anything special, but I think next year we can do something big ". He ends on Motoracing : " now I have understood a lot of things and have grown a lot both as a person and as a driver. I wasn't expecting anything special this season, but we will have great satisfaction next year. ". That's all the bad we wish him.
