Luca Marini reveals status of Honda talks amid whispers about replacements

“It’s your life, it’s not just the sport," Luca Marini says ami🌊d Honda 2026 doubts

Luca Marini
Luca Marini

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini admits “it’s not easy” to balance raci꧅ng in MotoGP🐻 with contract negotiations to secure a future.

Factory 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Honda rider Marin༒i’s contract is due to expire at the end of this seꦗason, and his bike is now coveted.

Far from the below-par machine Marini sig💦ned up to ride, at the start of 2023, as a replacement for the outgoing Marc Marquez, now his Honda is seen as progressive and improving.

LCR rider Johann Zarco put himself in the shop window by winning the French 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP and ꦬinsists he wants to move into the factoryജ team.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu, the World Superbikes champion, and KTM’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta are 𝓰also♛ reportedly eye-catching targets for Honda.

But Marini could ꧅yet pen a new ꦓdeal for 2026, he insists.

Luca Marini reveals update on Honda contract talks

Asked if he has held talks with Honda, he responded: “Yes. Many. I told you a few races ago that we are talking abou🐭t a renewal of the contract.

“Everything is under control, I will say.

“We both🃏 want the best for us. Let’s see in the next mon🐟ths or weeks.

“I hop𝔍e for as soon as possible. But we don’t have a window, like in football.

“That would be go♕od for everybody but it’s impossible. For everybody it is the same, so we handle it.”

But Marin💃i admitted: “For sure, it’s not easy to manage.

“But we learn to do these kind of things. At the end of your contract you try to renew it, or ꦡchange, depending upon the situation.

“You would like, as soon as possi♍ble [ꦓto be finalised].

“It’s your life, it’s not just the sport. There are manꦿy things around. It isও a job.

“It can happen, to g✅et distracted. But not on track. We grow up learning many things in our childhood, and one ♒of these is that when you close the visor it’s just about performance on the bike.”

Luca Marini sets goal for British MotoGP

Luca Marini
Luca Marini

Marini is wary of the cold conditions for this weekend�ꦛ�’s British MotoGP.

“This will be, I won’t say a problem, but a condition which isn’t ea☂sy,” he sai♋d.

“Michelin ౠwill bring us𓆉 one more soft tyre for the front. This is smart, I’ve asked many times but it hasn’t happened. This time, yes, so thankyou.

“We will need soft tyres for this GP.

“It’s a good track for Mot🎀oGP bikes. It’s big, ꦑit’s wide, you can use a lot of torque, so it’s a pleasure to ride here.

“It will be a challenge to manage the grip.

“We have good potential to fight for the top 10.”

Marini might have joined LCR Honda stablemate Zarco on t⭕he podium at Le Mans last time out, but he misjudged his tyre and pit stopꦕ strategy.

He said afterwards that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:he was “angry with myself”.

Two weeks on, Marini reflected: “We will try to l✤earn from mistakes, and do a better res🏅ults.

“I was꧟ hungry for the opportunity. Something like this 🅠happens maybe twice, or once, per championship.

“Justice! In tꦜhose conditions everybody can win. Try to be smart or lucky.

“I did everything well. My perfo💧rmance was okay in wet conditions.”

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