Aerodynamics. Ride-height devices. Front tyres. There are lots of technical theories behind the lack of overtaking in some MotoGP races.

But HRC’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Luca Marini believes the 'biggest problem' is the absence of different manufacturers fighting for vicওtory.

“You know, for me, the [racing] action is nice, not so bad. I think this year [2024] also we had very good races,” Marini told mahbx.com.

“The biggest probl📖em for me is that there are only Ducatis a🌠t the top.”

Out of last year's 20 rounds, Ducati won 19 GPs and 17 Sprints. Aprilia won the othꦚers.

However, the standout statistic was that Ducati’s performance, combined with overwhelming grid numbers, saw Desmosedicis fill the podium at 14 GPs (a new✤ ꦓrecord).

Ducati monopolised the Grand Prix top five on six occasions, 𝓰while the Buriram Sprint saw all eight Ducatis finish in the top eight. KTM’s Brad Binder was best of the rest, 13.7s from victory.

Marini, who spent three seasons onꦡ a VR46 Ducati🌠 before joining Honda in 2024, continued:

“In the past, we nജever had this kind of situation with so 🐠many bikes in the front from the same manufacturer.

“It was a Ho⛄nda, a Yamaha, a Honda, a Yaཧmaha, a Ducati. Like this, I think, brings a little bit more spice to the championship.

“But now [when you watch 🌜the races] y🦂ou have to be on Martin’s side or on Pecco’s side and that's it. Finished.

“So for💜 me, at the moment, this is the biggest issue♔ of our championship.”

Last season ended with a title showdown between Pramac’s Jorge Mꦆartin and Lenovo’s Francesco Bagnaia.

Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini completed an all-Ducati world championship top four but were over 100 points from🍨 the top.

Binder, the top non-Ducati in fifth, sc𓆉ored just 217 points compared to the 508 for Martin.

Ducati numbers w🌺ill drop from eꦍight to six this season.

However, Marini warned that the presence of Marc Marquez alongside Bagnaia at the factory team could push them both to new heights and see “just the two oꦛf them fighting for victory every race.”

Sprints? “Less Sunday emotion, we already know the podium’

Marini also offered a fresh take on the impact of S⛄aturday afternoon Sprints, introduced from the start of the 2023 season.

While fully supporting the half-distance, half-points races from a🍌n entertainment point of view, as a rider he believes they detract from the ‘emotion’ of a Sunday and makꦐe the GP outcome more predictable.

“For me the 🌠best compromise is only one race, on Sunday,” Marini said.

“But this is something that at the moment we cannot change,🌠 and I think for the show, for the people watching, the Sprint race is amaz💖ing. It's nice also because it's short.”

Pressed on w🦂hy he thinks just one race would be better, Marini explained: “For me, by making two races, you🦹 lose a little bit from the ‘big event’ on Sunday.

“Now the main event [GP] looks a little bit with less emotion. We already know who is going to be on the podium🍌 because, at the end, the level between Saturday and Sunday usually stays the same.”

Underlining Marini’ꦛs point is th🎶at the Italian’s most recent podiums, at Qatar 2023, saw him finish third in both the Sprint and GP.

That ‘double pod🎉ium’ feat - a rider claiming a Sprint and GP top three on the same weekend - occurred 32 times last season.

The 27-year-old added: “For me as a rider🔯, you also have less feelings on the🍌 grid on Sunday now. Because you already made a [Sprint] race, so you are adapted and know very well how the race can go.

“You know the tyre drop, the ꦉfuel consumption and how the bikes will use the tyre. So you are sup🍸er prepared and miss a little bit of emotion in the Sunday race.”

However, for the fans, he feels Sprints are still 🌸a ‘good step forward’.

“But it's OK lওike this. I think for the show we made a good step forward. We have to keep working like this to bring MotoGP back on top of the motorsport.”

“A fast start is one of our priorities”

The best chance for a rider to shake-up the order in a Sprint ꦐor Grandജ Prix is at start.

At round six, in Barcelona, Marini rev𒊎ealed he had set a new Honda 0-100km/h record during a practice start, with a time (probably under 2.0s) ‘much better’ than he had managed on a Ducati.

Engine modifications and other new parts then upset the💜 delicate balance needed for a perfect getaway, which now also depends on holeshot devices. But Marini said the RCV h🌃ad returned to a good level by the end of 2024.

“We passed through different periods with the starts,” he explained. “At the beginning it was super good. Then introduced new systems, new updates and lost a little bit t൩he direction.

“The start was becoming a problem because we were veryꦉ slow. Also becaꩲuse we changed the engine and other parts. But now we’ve come back to a very good level.

“A fast start is one of our priorities because if you qualify 14th but then gain four positions straight away [it’s like being in Q2] and the race is much easier. So it’s something that we are always working onꦫ.”

Marini and team-mate Joan Mir will unve🦩il Honda’s first non-Repsol factory team livery since 1994 in a launch ceremony in Jakarta on Saturday.