Final season, Luca Marini had just one level in his identify. After Augusto Fernandez’s tire stress penalty, he was promoted to fifteenth place in Germany.
The Italian then missed the San Marino spherical as a result of sickness, however returned to the following Emilia Romana occasion on the identical observe, the place he took twelfth place.
It was the most effective end of his season and later matched with Buriram as he completed his first Honda season with simply 14 factors.
Marini returned to his identify with 82 factors regardless of shedding three rounds as a result of accidents, pushing Honda to fourth within the Balaton Dash.
So, the 2024 season’s finest repetition on Misano means podium this weekend and tall orders, however it’s high-quality for bikes which are at the moment preventing frequently for the highest six.
“Races at Misano are all the time a extremely particular feeling and it is even higher whenever you arrive there in a great way,” Marini stated.
“Our goal is to proceed the weekends of the previous few weeks, not solely as a result of it’s my house race, however as a result of I actually love the circuit itself and I like being robust prior to now.
“We discovered so much from the race in Barcelona. We’re trying ahead to becoming a member of them this weekend with these and the frontlines and giving them one thing to have fun with our workforce and our house followers.”
Marini used tenth place in qualifying because the eighth start line for Motog in Catalonia, however teammate Joan Mir had to return from the twentieth to the twelfth.
The previous world champion highlighted his potential by main the ultimate apply, however he ought to begin larger on the grid.
“Our state of affairs is similar because the earlier weekend. We might clearly be rising and we have to put all of it collectively early within the weekend to seize the highest 10 on the grid,” he stated.
“Misano ought to assist us. It is a truck I prefer to experience so much and I acquired the most effective outcomes there final yr. Since then, we have improved our bikes so much.
Each riders remained in Barcelona on Monday for a non-public MotoGP check, the place they lap extra on their newest Honda chassis.
“I believe I used to be punished a bit for my weekend as a result of we had been testing greater than vital,” Mir mirrored.
“Normally (after) you will have a great base in your bike. You want “one click on up, one click on down” (from observe to trace). That is not the case this time. Geometry, modified so much. ”
The Spaniard added: “The (chassis) would not simply depart it on the truck and it feels nice straight away.
“I believe we’re getting a bit punished for my strengths, which is braking. And the pure turning appears just a little higher.”
Mir, who completed sixth in his finest end this season, concluded:
“I believe we’re doing a stable second a part of the season. And but there are some points, some crashes, some issues we have to clear up, however the efficiency itself is a lot better.”
