Luca Marini and hꦰis wife have announced the birth of their first child๊.

Angelina Luce Marini was born on October 12.

“Breathless. You are perfect,” Mariꦜni wrote in tribute. “A love so great we could never think of feeling.”

Marini married his partner Marta last year.

His heartwarming personal news is a welcome distꦿraction from what has been a difficult debut year as a factory rider.

Marini’s swiꦜtch from his VR46 comfort zone to bec✤oming a Repsol Honda rider has led to frustrating results.

It🐓 took him nine rounds of t꧃his year to score his first point.

But, there a🍃re some rays of light in his results on the Honda.

A P12 at the second Misano round and a P14 last time out in Japan are significantly better returns than Marini has become accusto🤪med to t🐭his season since replacing Marc Marquez.

But the Honda project is for the long-term, and 👍the Japanese manufacturer has bolstere🐎d its ranks ahead of next year.

Aleix E💦spargaroꦚ will join as a test rider, and Romano Albesiano will leave Aprilia to lead Honda’s technical department.

But Marini has plenty to smile 🌳about back home in Italy after the arrival of Angelina.