In a real phenomenon of the fall, Luca Marini’s methods worked completely en route to his very first MotoGP podium. For a while, the Ducati VR46 pilot likewise believed success was possible in Austin.
At Termas de Río Hondo Luca Marini currently ended up the race in the leading 3, now Valentino Rossi’s bro likewise took his very first MotoGP podium in a GP race. “It felt great,” rejoiced the 25- year-old after his 2nd location in the “Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas” in Austin/Texas. “Overall I’m really pleased with my race and my weekend.”
With a typical start to the race of 20 laps, Marini confessed: “After the errors in the very first braking stage of the race, I attempted to be mindful at the start of this race. Since I understood my speed was really strong. When Jack Miller passed me, we lost a lot to Pecco and Alex Rins. At that time it was challenging to cover the deficit from the preliminaries. When Pecco fell, I saw that Alex had actually begun to make errors. I began believing about winning too. The space was too huge to bridge. In the last 3 laps I was simply attempting to complete the race.”
” Tire management was extremely crucial,” continued “Maro”. “It was unusual, however in Saturday’s race I totally damaged my front tire after 6 laps. We do not understand what occurred. Perhaps the issue was that I was 18 th after the start and I was putting excessive pressure on the front tire attempting to comprise a lot of parts.
” So today I attempted to handle the tires and it worked completely. In this case, I am likewise extremely pleased with my development as a driver,” included the 2020 Moto2 Vice World Champion.
The VR46 Ducati rider on the beginning grid chose at brief notification to put his faith in the difficult front tire– like the remainder of the field.
” I need to state that the tough front was not the very best compromise for me. I chose medium this weekend. At the end I altered my mind on the grid and took the difficult front tire due to the fact that I didn’t desire to be the other person. I wished to take on the exact same tires as everybody else the other due to the fact that I understand they are all extremely wise and not dumb. I didn’t wish to slip up and pick a various tire. On the tough substance, my sensations were not excellent. The speed was fantastic. It was all right.”
Results MotoGP Austin/USA (164.):
1. Alex Rins (E), Honda, 20 laps in 41: 14.649 minutes
2. Luca Marini (I), Ducati, +3.498 sec
3. Fabio Quartararo (F), Yamaha, +4.936
4. Radical Vinales (E), Aprilia, +8.318
5. Miguel Oliveira (P), Aprilia, +9.989
6. Marco Bezzecchi (I), Ducati, +12049
7. Johann Zarco (F), Ducati, +12242
8. Franco Morbidelli (I), Yamaha, +20399
9. Fabio Di Giannantonio (I), Ducati, +27981
10 Augusto Fernandez (E), KTM, +28217
11 Michele Pirro (I), Ducati, +32370
12 Jonas Folger (D), KTM, +1: 08.065 minutes
13 Brad Binder (ZA), KTM, +1: 23.012
— Stefan Bradl (D), Honda, 2 laps back
— Takaaki Nakagami (J), Honda, 9 laps back
— Joan Mir (E), Honda, 12 laps back
— Pecco Bagnaia (I), Ducati, 13 laps back
— Jack Miller (AUS), KTM, 14 laps back
— Raúl Fernandez (E), Aprilia, 14 laps back
— Aleix Espargaró (E), Aprilia, lap 1 insufficient
— Jorge Martin (E), Ducati, lap 1 insufficient
— Alex Márquez (E), Ducati, lap 1 insufficient
Results MotoGP Sprint Austin/USA (154.):
1. Pecco Bagnaia (I), Ducati, 10 laps in 20: 35.270 minutes
2. Alex Rins (E), Honda, +2.545 sec
3. Jorge Martin (E), Ducati, +4.706
4. Aleix Espargaró (E), Aprilia, +5.052
5. Brad Binder (ZA), KTM, +8.175
6. Marco Bezzecchi (I), Ducati, +8.877
7. Luca Marini (I), Ducati, +9.453
8. Miguel Oliveira (P), Aprilia, +10768
9. Jack Miller (AUS), KTM, +12448
10 Radical Vinales (E), Aprilia, +12739
11 Johann Zarco (F), Ducati, +14251
12 Joan Mir (E), Honda, +14988
13 Takaaki Nakagami (J), Honda, +15592
14 Franco Morbidelli (I), Yamaha, +16534
15 Raul Fernandez (E), Aprilia, +19290
16 Augusto Fernandez (E), KTM, +23128
17 Fabio Di Giannantonio (I), Ducati, +25626
18 Stefan Bradl (D), Honda, +25787
19 Fabio Quartararo (F), Yamaha, +27169
20 Jonas Folger (D), KTM, +46973
— Alex Márquez (E), Ducati, 4 laps back
— Michele Pirro (I), Ducati, 5 laps back
Championship standings after 6 of 42 races:
1. Bezzecchi, 64 points. 2 Bagnaia 53 3 Rins 47 4 Viñales 45 5 Zarco 44 6 Marini 38 7 Quartararo 34 8 Alex Marquez 33 9 Binder 30 10 Morbidelli 29 11 Martin 29 12 Miller 26 13 Aleipar 4 Fernao 1 August 1 August 1 Fernao 1 August 6 Fernao 1 August 6 Nakagami 7 18 Marc Marquez 7 19 Mir 5 20 Pirro 521 Fan 4.22 Raúl Fernandez 2.
Builders Championship:
1. Ducati, 103 points. 2. Honda54 3. Aprilia51 4. KTM49 5. Yamaha 43.
World Cup Team:
1. Mooney Racing VR46, 102 points. 2. Prima Pramac73 3. Aprilia Racing63 4. Beast Energy Yamaha63 5. Ducati Lenovo58 6. Red Bull KTM56 7. LCR Honda54 8. Gresini Racing46 9. CryptoDATA RNF18 10. GASGAS Tech318 11. Repsol Honda12
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