Luca Marini was in the action in the Thailand MotoGP sprint from the off and collected a top three finish, but could not catch eventual winner Jorge Martin
There was plenty of post-race debate over whether Enea Bastianini fought too strongly with fellow Ducati rider, and MotoGP title leader, Francesco Bagnaia in Sunday’s Malaysian MotoGP.
After a tough Qatar, Luca Marini returns to the scene of an impressive performance at the Mandalika test. Marco Bezzecchi will renew top rookie quest, 'curious' to see how much of a boost the prior testing knowledge will be.
Luca Marini says 'braking and corner entry' are the most important facets of MotoGP, therefore finding a better 'engine brake compromise' is the Ducati rider’s main aim for next month’s season opener in Qatar.
Despite missing out on a maiden MotoGP pole by just +0.085s at the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP, rookie Luca Marini still claimed a first ever front row start with P3; ‘This is something I’m really proud of, a really great emotion’.
Although Luca Marini is one of only two MotoGP riders to finish every race this season - the other being championship leader Fabio Quartararo, the Ducati rider would ‘prefer’ to make some errors if that means being ‘more in front’.
Luca Marini claims his best MotoGP result of the season after finishing fifth at the Austrian MotoGP; ‘today was just amazing! I had a crazy race but I enjoyed it a lot’.
Esponsorama Ducati duo Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini could be poised for their best MotoGP weekend so far, thanks to a Ducati machine ‘perfectly suited’ to the Red Bull Ring.
Luca Marini approaches round four of the 2021 campaign ‘curious to race’ MotoGP machinery around the familiar Jerez layout, ‘compared to Portugal and Qatar’.
Valentino Rossi and VR46 have some big MotoGP decisions to make in the early stages of the 2021 season. The first concerns the future of Rossi's legendary career, having signed only a one-year Yamaha contract to join the satellite Petronas team.
With Takaaki Nakagami promoted to the latest Honda machinery, the only MotoGP riders on 'year-old' bikes this season will be Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli and Avintia Ducati rookies Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini.
MotoGP star Valentino Rossi, younger brother Luca Marini and VR46 Riders Academy director Alessio Salucci missed out on a repeat of last year's class victory in the Gulf 12 Hours sportscar race.
Sam Lowes may have missed out on the Moto2 title in Portimao, but he delivered 'probably his best-ever ride' to defy a wrist injury and fight for victory.