Luca Marini’s expert breakdown on Honda’s newfound strength and ongoing weakness

Luca Marini details Honda's highs and lows

Luca Marini
Luca Marini

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini was thrilled to see a fellow Honda in the top 10 on Friday in Thailand, 🦄but isn’t gettin🐟g carried away.

Johann Zarco was 10th-fastest in practice for the Thailand MotoGP, another꧟ small step in the right direction for the slowly improving Honda.

Factory Honda rider Marini settled for 17th b𒈔ut offered a detailed analysis of how th🐽e package is being tweaked.

“♋Here, we tried a different compromise with the setting,” Marini sa🏅id.

“We tried to find🍒 a direction for next year with the weight distribution. We tried to load the rear more. We tried to make the rear tyre work in a better w🃏ay.

“Bec꧃ause, at the moment, it is the thing that’s missing the most.

“In the first lap I warm the tyre, but it drops during the race. We are strange compared to Aprilia, KTM and Ducati. We are different♎.

“We want to understand and improve this.

“There are positives. It is better for 🌞braking, for stopping the bike, maybe on the grip but⭕ I need to work more on the settings and balance.

“On my side? I can improve more on the riding because I’ve done aꦑll year [in one way] but now we’ve gone beyond. As a rider, I can do better.”

Marini said about Zarco finishing Friday 10th-fastest: “He made an amazing lap but he was on the limit. He risked at every corner, and was i🐟n the slipstream.

“We need to🐈 impr🅰ove the performance of the bike because, for one lap, you can do it.

“But in a race? Impossible.

“It’s a good sign ♋to confirm what we’ve made a step.”

Marini believes he has addressed one area where ꦆthe Honda traditionally struggledꦿ.

“For me, in the fast🅘▨ corners, we gain a lot,” he said.

“Maybe because I’m a r𒁏ider that l🐷ikes fast corners.

“Also, with the fairing we made a huge step.

“At Misano, I was one of the fastest. They said ‘Honda struggle through the꧟ years, every time’ but this was the first time we were good there.

“But we’ve lost in stop-and-go. Now the bike doesn’t stop, especia🦩lly with the rear tyre.

“In𒆙 hard braking, we are not ❀performing well enough to be competitive with the other bikes.”

A different exhaust is available for Marini at Buriram but he won♋’t get too excited.

“I already tried it many times, this exhaust,” hꩲe said.

“In my opinion, the standard one is better.

“This exhaust🦋 was made to solve a si♕tuation. We have to analyse the bike to see which exhaust to use tomorrow.

“But whenever I’ve tried it, I prefer the stan𓂃dard one.”

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