Luca Marini has op🔯ened up on the difficulty of receiving Valentino Rossi’s advice after leaving VR46.

Marini made the decision to lea🧜ve hဣis brother Rossi’s team to become a factory rider for the first time this season, with Repsol Honda.

It reꦐsulted in a major change away from having a MotoGP legend in his corner.

Maဣrini was asked how much support and adv♉ice he now receives from Rossi since joining a rival team.

“A🔜t the beginning it was a little bit complicated because he’s the owner, the boss, of the 🍃team,” Marini said.

“But ꦐnow we are talking with each other. We text each other.

“I try to ask something from him. From outside, understand the situatiꦜon with Honda is a little bit complicated so I focus more on my feelings, and doing a good job with my team.”

Marini said about the pressure and expectation of following in Rossi’s footsteps: “All of the compariso👍ns with Vale, for all of the riders, are just a defeat. Vale 🍰was the GOAT of this sport.

“It’s great to be his brother! He’s a good guy.”

Now in his fourth season in th🅷e premier class, and following a career-best finish of eighth in the championship last year, Marini has found life at Honda tough.

He replaced Marc Marquez whꩵo quit the manufacturer tha🔯t his success is synonymous with due to the underperforming bike.

Marini’s new teammate Joan Mir had been thrown off the Honda countless times la🍌st year, and had publicly contemplated retirement as a result.

Remarkably, it took Marini until the ninth round of this year to register his🍎 first point as a Honda rider.

Even that𝔍 one point was a result of a tyre pressure penalty for Augusto Fernandez who finished ahead🎃 of him at the Sachsenring.

More f❀requently, Ma🐈rini has been spotted riding at the back of the pack this year.

But, he has vowed to stay long-term until his once-mighty man𝄹ufact𓃲urer is back on top of the sport.

꧑“Yes we are growing a lot. Things are changing,” he insisted.

“It’s not easy because every manufacturer is p🦩ushing dꦯuring the season, and everybody is growing a lot.

“But yes, I want to be part of this prꩲocess. This project, 🦹for me, is super great. It gives me a lot of motivation.

“🎀I want to wi🍒n with Honda. Until this moment, I want to be here.”