RiderTua.com – For Luca Marini, the Sprint race was used as a test session on Saturday. Factory Honda rider Luca Marini openly admitted that he used Saturday’s twelve lap sprint as a test session or test the bike. . That’s why they used their time on the track to test the bike’s behavior and riding style.. “We had to analyze the bike for several laps at a time. In the practice session on Friday we hardly did more than five laps at a time. We can’t draw any conclusions real regarding tire wear and so on,” said Valentino Rossi’s brother.
Luca Marini : Sprint Race Used as Test Sessions
With Saturday’s findings, things got much better for Marini on Sunday, he said. The newcomer to the factory Honda team this year explained why he also did not manage to score points in long races. “Overall, we gathered a lot of important information this weekend and understand that we cannot go in a certain direction with this of the bike. We have to look another way.”
“But I see it as a positive thing and as part of the process,” said Marini, who was able to enjoy some corners, some laps on Sunday and show he is closer to teammate Mir. In this context, Marini eliminated the incident with Morbidelli which resulted in Mir’s Honda being damaged. The Italian gave himself hope by saying that Portimao Sunday was a small step forward for him at Honda.
