Aerodynamics. Ride-height devices. Front tyres. There are lots of technical theories behind the lack of overtaking in some MotoGP races.

But HRC’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Luca Marini believes the 'biggest problem' is the absence of different manufa൲cturers fighting foওr victory.

“You know, for me, the [racing] action is nice, not so bad. I think this year [2024] also we had very good races,” Marini told ltxcn.top.

“The bigge♊st problem for me is that there are o෴nly Ducatis at the top.”

Out of last year's 20 rounds, Ducati won 19 GPs and 17 Sprints. Aprilia wo🐠n the others.

However, the standout statistic was that Ducati’s performance, combined with overwhelm💮ing grid numbers, saw Desmosedicis fill the podium at 14 GPs (a new record).

Ducati monopolised the Grand Prix top five on s🐭ix occasions, while the Buriram Sprint saw all eight Ducatis finish in the top eight. KTM’s Brad Binder was bes💮t of the rest, 13.7s from victory.

Marini, who spent three seasons on a VR46 Ducati before joining Honda in 2🎃024, continued:

“In the past, we never had this kind of situation with so many bikes in the front fr🦄om the same manufacturer.

“It was a Honda, a Yamaha, a ꦯHonda, a Yamaha, a Ducati. Like this,💞 I think, brings a little bit more spice to the championship.

“But now [whe🐟n you watch ওthe races] you have to be on Martin’s side or on Pecco’s side and that's it. Finished.

“So for me, at the moment, this🎉 is the biggest issue of our champion💧ship.”

Last season ended with a title showdown between Pramac’s J꧂orge Martin and Lenovo’s Francesco Bagnaia.

Marc Marquez and Enea Ba💖stianini completed an all-Ducati world championship top four but were over 100 points from the top.

Binder, the top𝄹 non-Ducati in fifth, scored just 217 points compared to the 508 for Martin🥃.

Ducati 💎numbꦓers will drop from eight to six this season.

However, Marini warned that the presence of Marc Marquez alongside Bagnaia at the factory team could push them both to new heights and see “just the two of ♓them fighting for victory every race.”

Sprints? “Less Sunday emotion, we already know the podium’

🅠Marini also offered a fresh take on the impact of Saturday afternoon Sprints, introd🗹uced from the start of the 2023 season.

While fully supporting the half-distance, hal꧒f-points races from an entertainment point of view, as a rider he believes they d𝓰etract from the ‘emotion’ of a Sunday and make the GP outcome more predictable.

“For me the best comprom♛ise is only one race𒅌, on Sunday,” Marini said.

“But this is something that at the moment we cannot change,𓄧 and I think for the show, for the people watching, the Sprint race is amazing. It's nice also because it's short.”

Pꦿressed on why he thinks just one race wo✤uld be better, Marini explained: “For me, by making two races, you lose a little bit from the ‘big event’ on Sunday.

“Now the main event [GP] looks a little bit with less emotion. We already know who is going to be on the podium because, at the end, the level between Saturday and Sunday usually ജstays the same.”

Underlining Marini’s point is that the Italian’s most recent podiums, at Qatar 2023, saw him♏ finish third in both the Sprint and GP.

That ‘double podium’ feat - a rider ꦦclaiming a Sprint and GP top three on the same weekend - oc🐓curred 32 times last season.

The 27-year-old added: “For me as a rider, you also have l✃ess feelings on the grid on Sunday now. Because you already made a [Sprint] race, so you are adapted and know very well how the race can go.

“You know the tyre drop, the fuel consumption and how the bikes will use the tyre. So you are super prepared and miss a little ♛bit of emotion in the Sun🌳day race.”

However, for the fans, he feels Sprints are still a ‘good step for𝐆ward’.

“But it's OK like this. I think for the show we made a good step forward. We have to ⛄keep working like this to bring MotoGP back on top of the motorsport.”

“A fast start is one of our priorities”

The best chance forﷺ a rider to shake-up the ord🐷er in a Sprint or Grand Prix is at start.

At round six, in🔴 Barcelona, Marini revealed he had set a new Honda 0-100km/h record during a practice start, with a time (probably under 2.💜0s) ‘much better’ than he had managed on a Ducati.

Engine modifications and other new parts then upset the delicate balance needed for a perfect getaway, which now also depends on holesh♍ot devices. But Marini said the RCV ꦫhad returned to a good level by the end of 2024.

“We passed through different periods with the starts,” he explained. “At the beginning it was super good. Then inౠtroduced new systems, new upꦺdates and lost a little bit the direction.

“The start was becoming a problem because we were very slow. Also because we changed the eng📖ine and other parts. But now we’ve come back to a very🍎 good level.

“A fast start is one of our priorities because if you qualify 14th🍃 but then gain four positions straight away [it’s like being in Q2] and the race is much easier. So it’s something that we are always working on.”

Marini and team-🍃mate Joan Mir will unveil Honda’s first non-Repsol factory team livery since 1994 in a launch ceremony in Jakarta on Saturday.