Luca Marini details problems from nightmare Repsol Honda debut
Concessioᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚns have allowed Luca Marini to test twice since the Qatar MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini has twice tested at Jerez since the Qatar MotoGP to get to grips with his new Honda.
𝓰Ahead of this weekend’s Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao, Marini is entering with extra practice under his belt as a 💖result of the new concessions rules.
The rule - which enables Honda to organise private tཧests - was taken advantage of twice in the past fortnight, with Marini testing his Honda at the Jerez trac✅k.
His Repsol Honda race debut yielded an extremely worrying 20th-place finish at the s🥃eason-opener in Qatar.
“It was great to have a day to enjoy the⛎ bike at a dif𓆉ferent track,” he said in Portimao.
“It was a really good test.
“I think that we found a base for the bike that works really well in Jerez. I hope i𒀰t also 🔯works here.
“It will be interesting to see, at a different track, if everything is okay or🎃 not.
“We made chang♓es to theꦉ bike. After the Qatar GP, we analysed everything.
“We understood what went 🍌bad. Now, we are trying t🦄o fix it.
“We are in a good way now.
“I am curious to see how the bike works here.
“For Honda in history, ꧙thiꦯs is a better track than Qatar. So we should be closer to the top riders.”
Marini detailed the issues he experienced during his first race weekend with Honda: “The problem was that the feeli⛎ng of the bike was not so good, especially in the turning area. I struggled a lot.
“The setting had too much load on the front.
“My riding style? I am very tall, very long,💙 so on the bike I put a lot of weight on the tyres.
“If we’re not in the perfect balance - also, in the past it has been like this ♚- then we have a problem.
“Also, in the past I put too much load on the rear. I am taller and heavier than the others so I put too much weight on the tyres then I have problems in the race with tempe🎀rꦅature or degradation to the tyres.
“We need to find the base of the bike. J𓂃erez helped with this s❀olution.”
Johann Zarco, the new LCR Honda rider who is also adjusting from riding a Ducati last year, has pinpointed𝔉 grip during acceleration as his key problem.
Marini reacted: “I think Johann is maybe the best 🐠rider in t💟he world at using the acceleration of a bike.
“At Duc☂ati🍬 he made up his lap time on the exit of the corners.
“🌃That is really strange, because ♓the normal thing is to make the time in braking entry.
“But he’s so strong in exit that he can be fast just by using his s🐈peed in the exit.
“He’s d💟oing a great job for Honda using this part of his riding style.
“For sure, he’s more sensitive in t♒his area than the otheᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrs.
“For me, it’s not where I am losing ♓the most. For me, there is more time in the middle of the c🌠orner compared to Ducati.
“In the first part of acc♓eleration, KTM and Aprilia are the strongest because they have t🍰he most grip.
“But we can defend in that moment.
“In 🌃the second part of acceleration, Ducati are the strongest and we are not so bad. M⛎aybe better than Aprilia and Yamaha, I think.
“In the middle of the corner we are the slow🃏est, on my side.”

James was a ﷽sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.