Luca Marini: ‘I expected to struggle less, you need to push like hell’

Luca Marini says Honda still has a lot to work on aftꦬer a ♊difficult second day at the Sepang MotoGP test.

Luca Marini, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February
Luca Marini, Sepang MotoGP test, 7 February

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini was unable to match the strong pace set by team-mate Joan Mir on day-two of the Sepang MotoGP test, as he struggled with used tyres.

Marini put together a 13-lap race simulation before lunch, setting ten 1m 59s lap times in that same😼 stin💞t.

But the Italian expected more after a solid opening day: “It was difficult. We strܫuggled quite a bit. Today we tried many things and we arrived at the race simulation with one package that is still not ready.

“Not ready with the setting I want to say. We need to work more with my crew chief. We are still going🌱 in 🥀a good direction but we need more time.

“🐲I expected more from the race simulation but when the tyre drops the riding changes quite a bit. It is difficult to keep pushing with good lap times.

“We know what we need toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ improve but we need ti𝔍me.”

The struggles for Marini were largely on used tyres, while te♏am-mate Mir showed promise during his fresh rubber stint.

“I expected to struggle less but with new t🔴yres, it is not so bad,” 𓄧said Marini. “If you look at the time from Joan it is very good.

“You need to risk a lot and you need to push like hell to do a 1m 57s right now. The bike works bu🎃t with used tyres we are struggling a lot.

“It looks like the difference is a lot. The g꧅ap between first and us with used tyres is more than just the six tenths to Joan compared to Jorge in the qualifying lap.”

Day-two saw riders test some of Michelin’s new front tyre allocation and Marini was pleas⛎ed with the results.

But when asked if manufacturers were purposely making their riders follow each othe🐽r in order to gain data on how they behave behind another rider, Marini refuted that idea and said it was for the aero effect.

Marini stated: “This is not for the tyres. I think for aerodynamics. Aprilia wer🎃e all three o🦩f them together and I think for the heat, the temperature of the bike, how you feel on your body.

"Aprilia also struggled a lot in the past year, so it’s to understand a 𒐪little bit on the aerodynamic side what changes on the bike.

“When you follow another rider it is quite a diffꦦerent situation.”

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