Valentino Rossi's half-brother Luca Marini (pictured in 2009) is set to make his grand prix deb😼ut as a wild-card in next month's Misa♚no round of the Moto3 World Championship.

The 16-year-old, currently second in the Italian champ🔥ionship, will ride an FTR Honda for the Twelve Racing team, using the #97.

"If we do well at Misano, it could definitely create [full time] World Championship opportuniti𓄧es," Marini told the official MotoGP website.

"It is goin💜g to be very difficult, though, so for now it is better to put most emphasis on the Italian championship and then we shall see.

"If I could win that title it would mak🦩e it a little easier to switch to the World Championship, in terms of securing sponsors and a good team."

Asked about his relationship with Rossi, Marini replied: "Now that I am older, we see more of each other; we see eac🅷h other every day and go to the gym together. The relationship has deepened now, but it has always been ver🦂y good anyway."

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